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Joshua Tree, California vs. Alton, Iowa

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Health
  37.6% higher in Alton, Iowa
than in Joshua Tree, California
   Insurance cost
Joshua Tree, CAAlton, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium72.2148.2100  105.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Joshua Tree, CAAlton, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.896.3100  1.5%
Heart Failure102.690.8100  11.5%
Hip Knee Replacement101.382.7100  18.4%
Pneumonia109.196.7100  11.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Joshua Tree, CAAlton, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,558$22,218$23,281  1.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,480$14,594$16,237  11.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,426$18,302$22,499  18.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,348$16,257$17,007  11.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Joshua Tree, CAAlton, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.0%4.7%3.1%  17.5%
2015-20160.0%13.2%12.5%  ∞%
2016-20179.3%26.3%57.9%  182.8%
2017-201826.1%88.1%19.0%  237.5%
2018-20191.2%6.9%-2.2%  475.0%
Since 201445.0%201.2%113.3%  347.1%
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