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Ames, Iowa vs. Harlingen, Texas

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Health
  30.6% lower in Harlingen, Texas
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAHarlingen, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.265.5100  58.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAHarlingen, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5100.6100  4.2%
Heart Failure95.1107.6100  13.1%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6114.6100  19.9%
Pneumonia93.5119.8100  28.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAHarlingen, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,206$23,281  4.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,288$16,237  13.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$25,380$22,499  20.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$20,153$17,007  28.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAHarlingen, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%3.2%3.1%  31.9%
2015-201613.2%5.1%12.5%  61.4%
2016-201726.3%19.0%57.9%  27.8%
2017-201888.1%35.6%19.0%  59.6%
2018-20196.9%2.3%-2.2%  66.7%
Since 2014201.2%79.0%113.3%  60.7%
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