Wheeling, Illinois vs. Independence, Kansas

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Health
  8.3% higher in Independence, Kansas
than in Wheeling, Illinois
   Insurance cost
Wheeling, ILIndependence, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium73.7101.5100  37.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wheeling, ILIndependence, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.1100.5100  2.5%
Heart Failure104.190.6100  13.0%
Hip Knee Replacement112.393.9100  16.4%
Pneumonia110.488.2100  20.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wheeling, ILIndependence, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,800$23,188$23,281  2.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,722$14,563$16,237  12.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,870$20,797$22,499  16.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,557$14,835$17,007  20.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wheeling, ILIndependence, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.1%-4.6%3.1%  248.4%
2015-20169.0%15.8%12.5%  75.6%
2016-201738.0%42.4%57.9%  11.6%
2017-201838.1%37.8%19.0%  0.8%
2018-2019-1.6%6.6%-2.2%  512.5%
Since 2014110.6%131.0%113.3%  18.4%
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