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Newton, Kansas vs. Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Health
  11.5% lower in Fort Smith, Arkansas
than in Newton, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Newton, KSFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium101.572.7100  28.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Newton, KSFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.7102.3100  2.3%
Heart Failure102.3103.4100  1.1%
Hip Knee Replacement88.6109.4100  23.5%
Pneumonia102.8100.2100  2.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Newton, KSFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,164$23,603$23,281  2.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,431$16,613$16,237  1.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,622$24,227$22,499  23.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,293$16,851$17,007  2.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Newton, KSFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%-3.1%3.1%  32.6%
2015-201615.8%4.6%12.5%  70.9%
2016-201742.4%-5.7%57.9%  113.4%
2017-201837.8%29.5%19.0%  22.0%
2018-20196.6%3.8%-2.2%  42.4%
Since 2014131.0%28.6%113.3%  78.2%
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