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Ames, Iowa vs. Gooding, Idaho

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Health
  20.9% lower in Gooding, Idaho
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAGooding, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.296100  38.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAGooding, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.592.5100  4.1%
Heart Failure95.1126.7100  33.2%
Hip Knee Replacement95.695.4100  0.2%
Pneumonia93.5120.6100  29.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAGooding, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$21,354$23,281  4.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$20,364$16,237  33.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,111$22,499  0.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$20,272$17,007  29.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAGooding, IDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%19.6%3.1%  317.0%
2015-201613.2%1.1%12.5%  91.7%
2016-201726.3%25.0%57.9%  4.9%
2017-201888.1%34.6%19.0%  60.7%
2018-20196.9%4.2%-2.2%  39.1%
Since 2014201.2%111.9%113.3%  44.4%
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