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Union, Missouri vs. West Des Moines, Iowa

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Health
  29.0% higher in West Des Moines, Iowa
than in Union, Missouri
   Insurance cost
Union, MOWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium80.8137100  69.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Union, MOWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.694.1100  3.6%
Heart Failure101.195.8100  5.2%
Hip Knee Replacement91.688.5100  3.4%
Pneumonia103.494.7100  8.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Union, MOWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,522$21,724$23,281  3.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,245$15,395$16,237  5.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,286$19,585$22,499  3.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,393$15,918$17,007  8.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Union, MOWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.0%4.7%3.1%  570.0%
2015-201610.6%13.2%12.5%  24.5%
2016-201718.5%26.3%57.9%  42.2%
2017-201842.2%88.1%19.0%  108.8%
2018-2019-5.7%6.9%-2.2%  221.1%
Since 201473.9%201.2%113.3%  172.3%
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