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Ames, Iowa vs. Gold Beach, Oregon

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Health
  26.4% lower in Gold Beach, Oregon
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAGold Beach, ORU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.290100  42.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAGold Beach, ORU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.594.9100  1.7%
Heart Failure95.1105.4100  10.8%
Hip Knee Replacement95.687.4100  8.6%
Pneumonia93.5105.8100  13.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAGold Beach, ORU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$21,892$23,281  1.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,941$16,237  10.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$19,341$22,499  8.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,796$17,007  13.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAGold Beach, ORU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%2.8%3.1%  40.4%
2015-201613.2%22.9%12.5%  73.5%
2016-201726.3%27.0%57.9%  2.7%
2017-201888.1%19.0%19.0%  78.4%
2018-20196.9%7.0%-2.2%  1.4%
Since 2014201.2%104.1%113.3%  48.3%
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