Wichita, Kansas vs. Schenectady, New York

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Health
  3.9% lower in Schenectady, New York
than in Wichita, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Wichita, KSSchenectady, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium101.5103.1100  1.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wichita, KSSchenectady, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.785.5100  17.6%
Heart Failure104.694.1100  10.0%
Hip Knee Replacement98.697.5100  1.1%
Pneumonia106.897.9100  8.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wichita, KSSchenectady, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,924$19,726$23,281  17.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,806$15,117$16,237  10.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,823$21,593$22,499  1.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,958$16,469$17,007  8.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wichita, KSSchenectady, NYU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%10.8%3.1%  334.8%
2015-201615.8%3.4%12.5%  78.5%
2016-201742.4%15.5%57.9%  63.4%
2017-201837.8%11.5%19.0%  69.6%
2018-20196.6%12.5%-2.2%  89.4%
Since 2014131.0%65.9%113.3%  49.7%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes