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Ames, Iowa vs. Chesapeake, Virginia

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Health
  14.1% lower in Chesapeake, Virginia
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAChesapeake, VAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2113.8100  27.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAChesapeake, VAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.597.5100  1.0%
Heart Failure95.199.2100  4.3%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6113.8100  19.0%
Pneumonia93.597100  3.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAChesapeake, VAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,499$23,281  1.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,939$16,237  4.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$25,191$22,499  19.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,310$17,007  3.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAChesapeake, VAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%3.3%3.1%  29.8%
2015-201613.2%3.9%12.5%  70.5%
2016-201726.3%10.3%57.9%  60.8%
2017-201888.1%66.1%19.0%  25.0%
2018-20196.9%3.7%-2.2%  46.4%
Since 2014201.2%104.0%113.3%  48.3%
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