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Middletown, Connecticut vs. West Des Moines, Iowa

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Health
  18.5% higher in West Des Moines, Iowa
than in Middletown, Connecticut
   Insurance cost
Middletown, CTWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium89.4137100  53.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Middletown, CTWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack9994.1100  4.9%
Heart Failure10395.8100  7.0%
Hip Knee Replacement111.488.5100  20.6%
Pneumonia103.194.7100  8.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Middletown, CTWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,850$21,724$23,281  4.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,545$15,395$16,237  7.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,663$19,585$22,499  20.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,334$15,918$17,007  8.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Middletown, CTWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.2%4.7%3.1%  313.6%
2015-20160.0%13.2%12.5%  ∞%
2016-201717.3%26.3%57.9%  52.0%
2017-201831.6%88.1%19.0%  178.8%
2018-2019-12.8%6.9%-2.2%  153.9%
Since 201431.6%201.2%113.3%  536.7%
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