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Ames, Iowa vs. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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Health
  15.7% lower in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IABethlehem, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2112.9100  28.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IABethlehem, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.597.6100  1.1%
Heart Failure95.1102.4100  7.7%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6100.9100  5.5%
Pneumonia93.5101.6100  8.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IABethlehem, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,513$23,281  1.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,455$16,237  7.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$22,333$22,499  5.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,085$17,007  8.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IABethlehem, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-1.7%3.1%  136.2%
2015-201613.2%10.6%12.5%  19.7%
2016-201726.3%52.3%57.9%  98.9%
2017-201888.1%45.2%19.0%  48.7%
2018-20196.9%-15.8%-2.2%  329.0%
Since 2014201.2%102.5%113.3%  49.1%
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