New Braunfels, Texas vs. Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Health
  7.8% lower in Fort Smith, Arkansas
than in New Braunfels, Texas
   Insurance cost
New Braunfels, TXFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium7772.7100  5.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
New Braunfels, TXFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack105.1102.3100  2.7%
Heart Failure121.3103.4100  14.8%
Hip Knee Replacement122109.4100  10.3%
Pneumonia115.8100.2100  13.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
New Braunfels, TXFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,252$23,603$23,281  2.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$19,498$16,613$16,237  14.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$27,004$24,227$22,499  10.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$19,465$16,851$17,007  13.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
New Braunfels, TXFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.2%-3.1%3.1%  196.9%
2015-20165.1%4.6%12.5%  9.8%
2016-201719.0%-5.7%57.9%  130.0%
2017-201835.6%29.5%19.0%  17.1%
2018-20192.3%3.8%-2.2%  65.2%
Since 201479.0%28.6%113.3%  63.8%
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