Wichita Falls, Texas vs. Merced, California

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Health
  9.1% lower in Merced, California
than in Wichita Falls, Texas
   Insurance cost
Wichita Falls, TXMerced, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium127.3111.5100  12.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wichita Falls, TXMerced, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.4105.5100  9.4%
Heart Failure109.996.1100  12.6%
Hip Knee Replacement113.6101.7100  10.5%
Pneumonia108.394.8100  12.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wichita Falls, TXMerced, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,255$24,334$23,281  9.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,659$15,441$16,237  12.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$25,143$22,519$22,499  10.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,215$15,935$17,007  12.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wichita Falls, TXMerced, CAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.2%4.0%3.1%  25.0%
2015-20165.1%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-201719.0%9.3%57.9%  51.1%
2017-201835.6%26.1%19.0%  26.7%
2018-20192.3%1.2%-2.2%  47.8%
Since 201479.0%45.0%113.3%  43.0%
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