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Ames, Iowa vs. Louisville, Kentucky

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Health
  31.9% lower in Louisville, Kentucky
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IALouisville, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.271100  54.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IALouisville, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.599.2100  2.8%
Heart Failure95.1104.7100  10.1%
Hip Knee Replacement95.697.5100  2.0%
Pneumonia93.5107.4100  14.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IALouisville, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,894$23,281  2.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,820$16,237  10.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,585$22,499  2.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,058$17,007  14.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IALouisville, KYU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%7.7%3.1%  63.8%
2015-201613.2%-1.9%12.5%  114.4%
2016-201726.3%10.7%57.9%  59.3%
2017-201888.1%46.0%19.0%  47.8%
2018-20196.9%9.0%-2.2%  30.4%
Since 2014201.2%86.2%113.3%  57.2%
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