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Ames, Iowa vs. Erie, Pennsylvania

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Health
  30.4% lower in Erie, Pennsylvania
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAErie, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.263.9100  59.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAErie, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5102.8100  6.5%
Heart Failure95.1106.2100  11.7%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6124.2100  29.9%
Pneumonia93.5111.1100  18.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAErie, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,718$23,281  6.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,064$16,237  11.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$27,496$22,499  30.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,682$17,007  18.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAErie, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-1.7%3.1%  136.2%
2015-201613.2%10.6%12.5%  19.7%
2016-201726.3%52.3%57.9%  98.9%
2017-201888.1%45.2%19.0%  48.7%
2018-20196.9%-15.8%-2.2%  329.0%
Since 2014201.2%102.5%113.3%  49.1%
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