Laredo, Texas vs. Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Health
  4.2% lower in Fort Smith, Arkansas
than in Laredo, Texas
   Insurance cost
Laredo, TXFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium81.672.7100  10.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Laredo, TXFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.4102.3100  7.2%
Heart Failure107.4103.4100  3.7%
Hip Knee Replacement102.6109.4100  6.6%
Pneumonia117.5100.2100  14.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Laredo, TXFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,013$23,603$23,281  7.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,265$16,613$16,237  3.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,717$24,227$22,499  6.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$19,752$16,851$17,007  14.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Laredo, TXFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.2%-3.1%3.1%  196.9%
2015-20165.1%4.6%12.5%  9.8%
2016-201719.0%-5.7%57.9%  130.0%
2017-201835.6%29.5%19.0%  17.1%
2018-20192.3%3.8%-2.2%  65.2%
Since 201479.0%28.6%113.3%  63.8%
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