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Ames, Iowa vs. Arroyo Grande, California

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Health
  23.7% lower in Arroyo Grande, California
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAArroyo Grande, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.297.3100  38.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAArroyo Grande, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.595.2100  1.3%
Heart Failure95.196.2100  1.2%
Hip Knee Replacement95.693.8100  1.9%
Pneumonia93.598.4100  5.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAArroyo Grande, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$21,976$23,281  1.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,458$16,237  1.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,761$22,499  1.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,551$17,007  5.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAArroyo Grande, CAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%4.0%3.1%  14.9%
2015-201613.2%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-201726.3%9.3%57.9%  64.6%
2017-201888.1%26.1%19.0%  70.4%
2018-20196.9%1.2%-2.2%  82.6%
Since 2014201.2%45.0%113.3%  77.6%
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