Shields, Michigan vs. Boulder, Colorado

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Health
  7.2% higher in Boulder, Colorado
than in Shields, Michigan
   Insurance cost
Shields, MIBoulder, COU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium77.489.4100  15.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Shields, MIBoulder, COU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97103100  6.2%
Heart Failure102.1105100  2.8%
Hip Knee Replacement93.592.4100  1.2%
Pneumonia106.897.6100  8.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Shields, MIBoulder, COU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,389$23,766$23,281  6.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,404$16,867$16,237  2.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,706$20,456$22,499  1.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,952$16,404$17,007  8.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Shields, MIBoulder, COU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.4%12.0%3.1%  2,900.0%
2015-20162.0%-0.3%12.5%  115.0%
2016-20176.9%14.7%57.9%  113.0%
2017-201837.1%33.5%19.0%  9.7%
2018-20190.5%3.8%-2.2%  660.0%
Since 201450.8%77.5%113.3%  52.6%
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Cost of Taxes