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Wausau, Wisconsin vs. Des Moines, Iowa

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Health
  9.3% higher in Des Moines, Iowa
than in Wausau, Wisconsin
   Insurance cost
Wausau, WIDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.7137100  21.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wausau, WIDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.594.1100  10.0%
Heart Failure97.595.8100  1.7%
Hip Knee Replacement88.288.5100  0.3%
Pneumonia101.194.7100  6.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wausau, WIDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,104$21,724$23,281  9.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,659$15,395$16,237  1.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,532$19,585$22,499  0.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,999$15,918$17,007  6.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wausau, WIDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20152.7%4.7%3.1%  74.1%
2015-20164.2%13.2%12.5%  214.3%
2016-201715.4%26.3%57.9%  70.8%
2017-201854.6%88.1%19.0%  61.4%
2018-2019-5.6%6.9%-2.2%  223.2%
Since 201480.2%201.2%113.3%  150.9%
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