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Health
9.2% lower in Fort Collins, Colorado
than in Merced, California

Insurance cost

	Merced, CA	Fort Collins, CO	U.S. Avg	Difference
Insurance Premium	111.5	98.5	100	11.7%

Procedure & surgery cost

	Merced, CA	Fort Collins, CO	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack	105.5	95.3	100	9.7%
Heart Failure	96.1	98.3	100	2.3%
Hip Knee Replacement	101.7	89.4	100	12.1%
Pneumonia	94.8	98	100	3.4%

Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)

	Merced, CA	Fort Collins, CO	U.S. Avg	Difference
Heart Attack Hospital	$24,334	$21,999	$23,281	9.6%
Heart Failure Hospital	$15,441	$15,797	$16,237	2.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital	$22,519	$19,795	$22,499	12.1%
Pneumonia Hospital	$15,935	$16,472	$17,007	3.4%

Premium Increases (State Level)

	Merced, CA	Fort Collins, CO	U.S. Avg	Difference
2014-2015	4.0%	12.0%	3.1%	200.0%
2015-2016	0.0%	-0.3%	12.5%	∞%
2016-2017	9.3%	14.7%	57.9%	58.1%
2017-2018	26.1%	33.5%	19.0%	28.4%
2018-2019	1.2%	3.8%	-2.2%	216.7%
Since 2014	45.0%	77.5%	113.3%	72.2%

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