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Ames, Iowa vs. Lafayette, Louisiana

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Health
  26.0% lower in Lafayette, Louisiana
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IALafayette, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.286.4100  45.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IALafayette, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5104.5100  8.3%
Heart Failure95.196.1100  1.1%
Hip Knee Replacement95.696.6100  1.0%
Pneumonia93.5105.1100  12.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IALafayette, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$24,106$23,281  8.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,447$16,237  1.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,380$22,499  1.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,673$17,007  12.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IALafayette, LAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%5.5%3.1%  17.0%
2015-201613.2%8.6%12.5%  34.8%
2016-201726.3%17.0%57.9%  35.4%
2017-201888.1%14.8%19.0%  83.2%
2018-20196.9%-4.2%-2.2%  160.9%
Since 2014201.2%47.4%113.3%  76.4%
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