Ames, Iowa vs. Orlando, Florida

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Health
  23.0% lower in Orlando, Florida
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAOrlando, FLU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.290.6100  42.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAOrlando, FLU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5105.4100  9.2%
Heart Failure95.1104100  9.4%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6100.8100  5.4%
Pneumonia93.5106.5100  13.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAOrlando, FLU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$24,314$23,281  9.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,705$16,237  9.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$22,327$22,499  5.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,914$17,007  14.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAOrlando, FLU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%6.0%3.1%  27.7%
2015-201613.2%1.8%12.5%  86.4%
2016-201726.3%15.3%57.9%  41.8%
2017-201888.1%40.8%19.0%  53.7%
2018-20196.9%2.4%-2.2%  65.2%
Since 2014201.2%79.3%113.3%  60.6%
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