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Ames, Iowa vs. Ashland, Wisconsin

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Health
  17.9% lower in Ashland, Wisconsin
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAAshland, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2115100  26.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAAshland, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.590.8100  5.9%
Heart Failure95.192.1100  3.2%
Hip Knee Replacement95.698.7100  3.2%
Pneumonia93.583.4100  10.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAAshland, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$20,958$23,281  5.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$14,805$16,237  3.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,849$22,499  3.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$14,027$17,007  10.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAAshland, WIU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%2.7%3.1%  42.6%
2015-201613.2%4.2%12.5%  68.2%
2016-201726.3%15.4%57.9%  41.4%
2017-201888.1%54.6%19.0%  38.0%
2018-20196.9%-5.6%-2.2%  181.2%
Since 2014201.2%80.2%113.3%  60.1%
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