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Ames, Iowa vs. Hempstead, New York

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Health
  11.6% lower in Hempstead, New York
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAHempstead, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2113.2100  28.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAHempstead, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5106.4100  10.3%
Heart Failure95.1111.2100  16.9%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6116.5100  21.9%
Pneumonia93.5104.5100  11.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAHempstead, NYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$24,543$23,281  10.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,864$16,237  16.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$25,799$22,499  21.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,569$17,007  11.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAHempstead, NYU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%10.8%3.1%  129.8%
2015-201613.2%3.4%12.5%  74.2%
2016-201726.3%15.5%57.9%  41.1%
2017-201888.1%11.5%19.0%  86.9%
2018-20196.9%12.5%-2.2%  81.2%
Since 2014201.2%65.9%113.3%  67.2%
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