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Ames, Iowa vs. Laramie, Wyoming

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Health
  3.1% higher in Laramie, Wyoming
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IALaramie, WYU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2167.6100  6.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IALaramie, WYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5103.2100  6.9%
Heart Failure95.191.4100  3.9%
Hip Knee Replacement95.684.4100  11.7%
Pneumonia93.590100  3.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IALaramie, WYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,819$23,281  7.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$14,685$16,237  3.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$18,679$22,499  11.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$15,129$17,007  3.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IALaramie, WYU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%4.5%3.1%  4.3%
2015-201613.2%5.7%12.5%  56.8%
2016-201726.3%8.9%57.9%  66.2%
2017-201888.1%71.6%19.0%  18.7%
2018-20196.9%0.0%-2.2%  100.0%
Since 2014201.2%106.4%113.3%  47.1%
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