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Los Alamos, New Mexico vs. Des Moines, Iowa

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Health
  37.6% higher in Des Moines, Iowa
than in Los Alamos, New Mexico
   Insurance cost
Los Alamos, NMDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium74.3137100  84.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Los Alamos, NMDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack94.894.1100  0.7%
Heart Failure91.395.8100  4.9%
Hip Knee Replacement91.288.5100  3.0%
Pneumonia91.194.7100  4.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Los Alamos, NMDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,875$21,724$23,281  0.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,668$15,395$16,237  5.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,199$19,585$22,499  3.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,324$15,918$17,007  3.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Los Alamos, NMDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-12.4%4.7%3.1%  137.9%
2015-20167.1%13.2%12.5%  85.9%
2016-201728.8%26.3%57.9%  8.7%
2017-201851.6%88.1%19.0%  70.7%
2018-2019-11.8%6.9%-2.2%  158.5%
Since 201461.5%201.2%113.3%  227.2%
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