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Ames, Iowa vs. Hoover, Alabama

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Health
  20.0% lower in Hoover, Alabama
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAHoover, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2100.8100  35.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAHoover, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.597.2100  0.7%
Heart Failure95.1101.8100  7.0%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6103.9100  8.7%
Pneumonia93.5104.7100  12.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAHoover, ALU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,431$23,281  0.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,360$16,237  7.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$23,011$22,499  8.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,608$17,007  12.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAHoover, ALU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%3.1%3.1%  34.0%
2015-201613.2%12.5%12.5%  5.3%
2016-201726.3%57.9%57.9%  120.2%
2017-201888.1%19.0%19.0%  78.4%
2018-20196.9%-2.2%-2.2%  131.9%
Since 2014201.2%113.3%113.3%  43.7%
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