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Wausau, Wisconsin vs. Lake Charles, Louisiana

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Health
  7.3% lower in Lake Charles, Louisiana
than in Wausau, Wisconsin
   Insurance cost
Wausau, WILake Charles, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.798.7100  12.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wausau, WILake Charles, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.594100  10.0%
Heart Failure97.595.3100  2.3%
Hip Knee Replacement88.297.9100  11.0%
Pneumonia101.196100  5.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wausau, WILake Charles, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,104$21,699$23,281  10.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,659$15,311$16,237  2.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,532$21,668$22,499  10.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,999$16,137$17,007  5.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wausau, WILake Charles, LAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20152.7%5.5%3.1%  103.7%
2015-20164.2%8.6%12.5%  104.8%
2016-201715.4%17.0%57.9%  10.4%
2017-201854.6%14.8%19.0%  72.9%
2018-2019-5.6%-4.2%-2.2%  25.0%
Since 201480.2%47.4%113.3%  40.9%
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