Wausau, Wisconsin vs. Houston, Texas

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Health
  12.0% lower in Houston, Texas
than in Wausau, Wisconsin
   Insurance cost
Wausau, WIHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.775.4100  33.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wausau, WIHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.5106.5100  1.9%
Heart Failure97.5112.9100  15.8%
Hip Knee Replacement88.2103.2100  17.0%
Pneumonia101.1124.1100  22.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wausau, WIHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,104$24,565$23,281  1.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,659$18,146$16,237  15.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,532$22,855$22,499  17.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,999$20,870$17,007  22.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wausau, WIHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20152.7%3.2%3.1%  18.5%
2015-20164.2%5.1%12.5%  21.4%
2016-201715.4%19.0%57.9%  23.4%
2017-201854.6%35.6%19.0%  34.8%
2018-2019-5.6%2.3%-2.2%  141.1%
Since 201480.2%79.0%113.3%  1.5%
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