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Ames, Iowa vs. Lake Forest, Illinois

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Health
  20.4% lower in Lake Forest, Illinois
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IALake Forest, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.296.9100  38.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IALake Forest, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5104100  7.8%
Heart Failure95.1108.6100  14.2%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6102.4100  7.1%
Pneumonia93.5102.7100  9.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IALake Forest, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,993$23,281  7.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,455$16,237  14.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$22,678$22,499  7.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,263$17,007  9.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IALake Forest, ILU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%3.1%3.1%  34.0%
2015-201613.2%9.0%12.5%  31.8%
2016-201726.3%38.0%57.9%  44.5%
2017-201888.1%38.1%19.0%  56.8%
2018-20196.9%-1.6%-2.2%  123.2%
Since 2014201.2%110.6%113.3%  45.0%
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