Wausau, Wisconsin vs. Houghton, Michigan

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Health
  3.0% lower in Houghton, Michigan
than in Wausau, Wisconsin
   Insurance cost
Wausau, WIHoughton, MIU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.7108.3100  3.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wausau, WIHoughton, MIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.596100  8.1%
Heart Failure97.590100  7.7%
Hip Knee Replacement88.299.9100  13.3%
Pneumonia101.189.9100  11.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wausau, WIHoughton, MIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,104$22,148$23,281  8.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,659$14,457$16,237  7.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,532$22,121$22,499  13.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,999$15,118$17,007  11.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wausau, WIHoughton, MIU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20152.7%0.4%3.1%  85.2%
2015-20164.2%2.0%12.5%  52.4%
2016-201715.4%6.9%57.9%  55.2%
2017-201854.6%37.1%19.0%  32.1%
2018-2019-5.6%0.5%-2.2%  108.9%
Since 201480.2%50.8%113.3%  36.7%
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