Wausau, Wisconsin vs. Melrose Park, Illinois

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Health
  13.7% lower in Melrose Park, Illinois
than in Wausau, Wisconsin
   Insurance cost
Wausau, WIMelrose Park, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.773.7100  34.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wausau, WIMelrose Park, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.5103.1100  1.3%
Heart Failure97.5104.1100  6.8%
Hip Knee Replacement88.2112.3100  27.3%
Pneumonia101.1110.4100  9.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wausau, WIMelrose Park, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,104$23,800$23,281  1.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,659$16,722$16,237  6.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,532$24,870$22,499  27.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,999$18,557$17,007  9.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wausau, WIMelrose Park, ILU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20152.7%3.1%3.1%  14.8%
2015-20164.2%9.0%12.5%  114.3%
2016-201715.4%38.0%57.9%  146.8%
2017-201854.6%38.1%19.0%  30.2%
2018-2019-5.6%-1.6%-2.2%  71.4%
Since 201480.2%110.6%113.3%  37.9%
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