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Ames, Iowa vs. Dallas, Texas

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Health
  25.6% lower in Dallas, Texas
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IADallas, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.280.2100  49.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IADallas, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5101.5100  5.2%
Heart Failure95.1109.4100  15.0%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6112100  17.2%
Pneumonia93.5109.9100  17.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IADallas, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,412$23,281  5.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,580$16,237  15.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$24,788$22,499  17.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,486$17,007  17.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IADallas, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%3.2%3.1%  31.9%
2015-201613.2%5.1%12.5%  61.4%
2016-201726.3%19.0%57.9%  27.8%
2017-201888.1%35.6%19.0%  59.6%
2018-20196.9%2.3%-2.2%  66.7%
Since 2014201.2%79.0%113.3%  60.7%
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