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Ames, Iowa vs. Dubuque, Iowa

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Health
  3.6% lower in Dubuque, Iowa
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IADubuque, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2140.7100  10.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IADubuque, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.598.5100  2.1%
Heart Failure95.1103.4100  8.7%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6106100  10.9%
Pneumonia93.5103.7100  10.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IADubuque, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,728$23,281  2.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,613$16,237  8.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$23,460$22,499  10.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,441$17,007  11.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IADubuque, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%4.7%3.1%  0.0%
2015-201613.2%13.2%12.5%  0.0%
2016-201726.3%26.3%57.9%  0.0%
2017-201888.1%88.1%19.0%  0.0%
2018-20196.9%6.9%-2.2%  0.0%
Since 2014201.2%201.2%113.3%  0.0%
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