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Ames, Iowa vs. Biddeford, Maine

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Health
  24.4% lower in Biddeford, Maine
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IABiddeford, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.293.1100  40.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IABiddeford, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5105.2100  9.0%
Heart Failure95.194.9100  0.2%
Hip Knee Replacement95.696.2100  0.6%
Pneumonia93.590.1100  3.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IABiddeford, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$24,279$23,281  9.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,249$16,237  0.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,287$22,499  0.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$15,159$17,007  3.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IABiddeford, MEU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-1.2%3.1%  125.5%
2015-201613.2%4.4%12.5%  66.7%
2016-201726.3%14.9%57.9%  43.3%
2017-201888.1%52.7%19.0%  40.2%
2018-20196.9%-7.5%-2.2%  208.7%
Since 2014201.2%67.4%113.3%  66.5%
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