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Ames, Iowa vs. Boone, Iowa

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Health
  4.0% lower in Boone, Iowa
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IABoone, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2144.3100  8.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IABoone, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.598100  1.6%
Heart Failure95.195.5100  0.4%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6100.8100  5.4%
Pneumonia93.595.9100  2.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IABoone, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,612$23,281  1.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,342$16,237  0.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$22,324$22,499  5.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,123$17,007  2.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IABoone, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%4.7%3.1%  0.0%
2015-201613.2%13.2%12.5%  0.0%
2016-201726.3%26.3%57.9%  0.0%
2017-201888.1%88.1%19.0%  0.0%
2018-20196.9%6.9%-2.2%  0.0%
Since 2014201.2%201.2%113.3%  0.0%
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