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Ames, Iowa vs. Bowling Green, Kentucky

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Health
  16.5% lower in Bowling Green, Kentucky
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IABowling Green, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2108.8100  30.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IABowling Green, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.598100  1.6%
Heart Failure95.1102.3100  7.6%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6107.2100  12.1%
Pneumonia93.5100.9100  7.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IABowling Green, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,608$23,281  1.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,436$16,237  7.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$23,744$22,499  12.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,964$17,007  7.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IABowling Green, KYU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%7.7%3.1%  63.8%
2015-201613.2%-1.9%12.5%  114.4%
2016-201726.3%10.7%57.9%  59.3%
2017-201888.1%46.0%19.0%  47.8%
2018-20196.9%9.0%-2.2%  30.4%
Since 2014201.2%86.2%113.3%  57.2%
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