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Ames, Iowa vs. Carbondale, Illinois

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Health
  6.7% lower in Carbondale, Illinois
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IACarbondale, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2135.1100  14.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IACarbondale, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5106.1100  9.9%
Heart Failure95.1101.1100  6.3%
Hip Knee Replacement95.697.4100  1.9%
Pneumonia93.595.1100  1.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IACarbondale, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$24,478$23,281  9.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,252$16,237  6.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,565$22,499  1.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$15,988$17,007  1.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IACarbondale, ILU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%3.1%3.1%  34.0%
2015-201613.2%9.0%12.5%  31.8%
2016-201726.3%38.0%57.9%  44.5%
2017-201888.1%38.1%19.0%  56.8%
2018-20196.9%-1.6%-2.2%  123.2%
Since 2014201.2%110.6%113.3%  45.0%
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