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Ames, Iowa vs. Houlton, Maine

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Health
  6.4% lower in Houlton, Maine
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAHoulton, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2137.6100  12.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAHoulton, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.596100  0.5%
Heart Failure95.191.4100  3.9%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6108.6100  13.6%
Pneumonia93.591.8100  1.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAHoulton, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,144$23,281  0.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$14,682$16,237  3.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$24,033$22,499  13.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$15,437$17,007  1.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAHoulton, MEU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-1.2%3.1%  125.5%
2015-201613.2%4.4%12.5%  66.7%
2016-201726.3%14.9%57.9%  43.3%
2017-201888.1%52.7%19.0%  40.2%
2018-20196.9%-7.5%-2.2%  208.7%
Since 2014201.2%67.4%113.3%  66.5%
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