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Portage, Michigan vs. Joshua Tree, California

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Health
  2.9% lower in Joshua Tree, California
than in Portage, Michigan
   Insurance cost
Portage, MIJoshua Tree, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium87.372.2100  17.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Portage, MIJoshua Tree, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.597.8100  2.4%
Heart Failure98.3102.6100  4.4%
Hip Knee Replacement81.8101.3100  23.8%
Pneumonia96.9109.1100  12.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Portage, MIJoshua Tree, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,044$22,558$23,281  2.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,790$16,480$16,237  4.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,107$22,426$22,499  23.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,293$18,348$17,007  12.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Portage, MIJoshua Tree, CAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.4%4.0%3.1%  900.0%
2015-20162.0%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-20176.9%9.3%57.9%  34.8%
2017-201837.1%26.1%19.0%  29.6%
2018-20190.5%1.2%-2.2%  140.0%
Since 201450.8%45.0%113.3%  11.4%
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