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Lansing, Michigan vs. Des Moines, Iowa

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Health
  37.3% higher in Des Moines, Iowa
than in Lansing, Michigan
   Insurance cost
Lansing, MIDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium72.2137100  89.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Lansing, MIDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.894.1100  2.8%
Heart Failure98.495.8100  2.6%
Hip Knee Replacement88.488.5100  0.1%
Pneumonia101.694.7100  6.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Lansing, MIDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,335$21,724$23,281  2.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,817$15,395$16,237  2.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,570$19,585$22,499  0.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,090$15,918$17,007  6.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Lansing, MIDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.4%4.7%3.1%  1,075.0%
2015-20162.0%13.2%12.5%  560.0%
2016-20176.9%26.3%57.9%  281.2%
2017-201837.1%88.1%19.0%  137.5%
2018-20190.5%6.9%-2.2%  1,280.0%
Since 201450.8%201.2%113.3%  296.1%
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