Lockhart, Texas vs. Merced, California

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Health
  12.5% higher in Merced, California
than in Lockhart, Texas
   Insurance cost
Lockhart, TXMerced, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium83.9111.5100  32.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Lockhart, TXMerced, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.2105.5100  2.2%
Heart Failure108.396.1100  11.3%
Hip Knee Replacement105.9101.7100  4.0%
Pneumonia102.794.8100  7.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Lockhart, TXMerced, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,824$24,334$23,281  2.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,398$15,441$16,237  11.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,456$22,519$22,499  4.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,271$15,935$17,007  7.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Lockhart, TXMerced, CAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.2%4.0%3.1%  25.0%
2015-20165.1%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-201719.0%9.3%57.9%  51.1%
2017-201835.6%26.1%19.0%  26.7%
2018-20192.3%1.2%-2.2%  47.8%
Since 201479.0%45.0%113.3%  43.0%
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