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Ames, Iowa vs. Lincoln, Nebraska

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Health
  1.4% lower in Lincoln, Nebraska
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IALincoln, NEU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2143.8100  8.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IALincoln, NEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5111.2100  15.2%
Heart Failure95.1107.9100  13.5%
Hip Knee Replacement95.699.9100  4.5%
Pneumonia93.5100.8100  7.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IALincoln, NEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$25,658$23,281  15.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,330$16,237  13.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$22,123$22,499  4.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,947$17,007  7.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IALincoln, NEU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%18.9%3.1%  302.1%
2015-201613.2%12.2%12.5%  7.6%
2016-201726.3%52.7%57.9%  100.4%
2017-201888.1%51.3%19.0%  41.8%
2018-20196.9%9.3%-2.2%  34.8%
Since 2014201.2%236.5%113.3%  17.5%
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