Waterloo, Iowa vs. Brownsville, Texas

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Health
  27.5% lower in Brownsville, Texas
than in Waterloo, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Waterloo, IABrownsville, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium13965.5100  52.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Waterloo, IABrownsville, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack105.8100.6100  4.9%
Heart Failure105.1107.6100  2.4%
Hip Knee Replacement99.7114.6100  14.9%
Pneumonia101119.8100  18.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Waterloo, IABrownsville, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,415$23,206$23,281  5.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,887$17,288$16,237  2.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,076$25,380$22,499  15.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,991$20,153$17,007  18.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Waterloo, IABrownsville, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%3.2%3.1%  31.9%
2015-201613.2%5.1%12.5%  61.4%
2016-201726.3%19.0%57.9%  27.8%
2017-201888.1%35.6%19.0%  59.6%
2018-20196.9%2.3%-2.2%  66.7%
Since 2014201.2%79.0%113.3%  60.7%
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