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Ames, Iowa vs. Dartmouth, Massachusetts

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Health
  34.4% lower in Dartmouth, Massachusetts
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IADartmouth, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.259.9100  61.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IADartmouth, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5102.7100  6.4%
Heart Failure95.1104.7100  10.1%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6109100  14.0%
Pneumonia93.5106100  13.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IADartmouth, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,704$23,281  6.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,831$16,237  10.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$24,121$22,499  14.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,832$17,007  13.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IADartmouth, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-2.6%3.1%  155.3%
2015-201613.2%-1.5%12.5%  111.4%
2016-201726.3%-2.7%57.9%  110.3%
2017-201888.1%26.4%19.0%  70.0%
2018-20196.9%5.1%-2.2%  26.1%
Since 2014201.2%23.9%113.3%  88.1%
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