Newton, Kansas vs. Forest City, Iowa

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Health
  29.1% higher in Forest City, Iowa
than in Newton, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Newton, KSForest City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium101.5160.1100  57.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Newton, KSForest City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.798.2100  6.2%
Heart Failure102.3102.1100  0.2%
Hip Knee Replacement88.695.8100  8.1%
Pneumonia102.899.3100  3.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Newton, KSForest City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,164$22,651$23,281  6.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,431$16,411$16,237  0.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,622$21,200$22,499  8.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,293$16,704$17,007  3.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Newton, KSForest City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%4.7%3.1%  202.2%
2015-201615.8%13.2%12.5%  16.5%
2016-201742.4%26.3%57.9%  38.0%
2017-201837.8%88.1%19.0%  133.1%
2018-20196.6%6.9%-2.2%  4.5%
Since 2014131.0%201.2%113.3%  53.6%
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