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Madison, Wisconsin vs. Waterloo, Iowa

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Health
  40.1% higher in Waterloo, Iowa
than in Madison, Wisconsin
   Insurance cost
Madison, WIWaterloo, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium73.5139100  89.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Madison, WIWaterloo, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.8105.8100  8.2%
Heart Failure95.5105.1100  10.1%
Hip Knee Replacement101.499.7100  1.7%
Pneumonia100.8101100  0.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Madison, WIWaterloo, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,561$24,415$23,281  8.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,352$16,887$16,237  10.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,446$22,076$22,499  1.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,942$16,991$17,007  0.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Madison, WIWaterloo, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20152.7%4.7%3.1%  74.1%
2015-20164.2%13.2%12.5%  214.3%
2016-201715.4%26.3%57.9%  70.8%
2017-201854.6%88.1%19.0%  61.4%
2018-2019-5.6%6.9%-2.2%  223.2%
Since 201480.2%201.2%113.3%  150.9%
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