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Ames, Iowa vs. Lafayette, Kansas

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Health
  19.3% lower in Lafayette, Kansas
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IALafayette, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2101.5100  35.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IALafayette, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5100.5100  4.1%
Heart Failure95.197.2100  2.2%
Hip Knee Replacement95.697.6100  2.1%
Pneumonia93.5120.6100  29.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IALafayette, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,188$23,281  4.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,618$16,237  2.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,614$22,499  2.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$20,281$17,007  29.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IALafayette, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-4.6%3.1%  197.9%
2015-201613.2%15.8%12.5%  19.7%
2016-201726.3%42.4%57.9%  61.2%
2017-201888.1%37.8%19.0%  57.1%
2018-20196.9%6.6%-2.2%  4.3%
Since 2014201.2%131.0%113.3%  34.9%
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