Ames, Iowa vs. Gower, Missouri

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Health
  14.4% lower in Gower, Missouri
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAGower, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2120.2100  23.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAGower, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.595100  1.6%
Heart Failure95.191100  4.3%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6104.5100  9.3%
Pneumonia93.586.4100  7.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAGower, MOU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$21,912$23,281  1.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$14,621$16,237  4.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$23,143$22,499  9.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$14,524$17,007  7.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAGower, MOU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-1.0%3.1%  121.3%
2015-201613.2%10.6%12.5%  19.7%
2016-201726.3%18.5%57.9%  29.7%
2017-201888.1%42.2%19.0%  52.1%
2018-20196.9%-5.7%-2.2%  182.6%
Since 2014201.2%73.9%113.3%  63.3%
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