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Portage, Michigan vs. Forest City, Iowa

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Health
  44.4% higher in Forest City, Iowa
than in Portage, Michigan
   Insurance cost
Portage, MIForest City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium87.3160.1100  83.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Portage, MIForest City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.598.2100  2.8%
Heart Failure98.3102.1100  3.9%
Hip Knee Replacement81.895.8100  17.1%
Pneumonia96.999.3100  2.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Portage, MIForest City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,044$22,651$23,281  2.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,790$16,411$16,237  3.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,107$21,200$22,499  17.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,293$16,704$17,007  2.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Portage, MIForest City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.4%4.7%3.1%  1,075.0%
2015-20162.0%13.2%12.5%  560.0%
2016-20176.9%26.3%57.9%  281.2%
2017-201837.1%88.1%19.0%  137.5%
2018-20190.5%6.9%-2.2%  1,280.0%
Since 201450.8%201.2%113.3%  296.1%
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