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Ames, Iowa vs. Morgantown, West Virginia

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Health
  16.5% lower in Morgantown, West Virginia
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAMorgantown, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2105100  33.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAMorgantown, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5103100  6.7%
Heart Failure95.1106.5100  12.0%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6107.2100  12.1%
Pneumonia93.5107.6100  15.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAMorgantown, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,766$23,281  6.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,109$16,237  11.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$23,730$22,499  12.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,093$17,007  15.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAMorgantown, WVU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%2.8%3.1%  40.4%
2015-201613.2%24.2%12.5%  83.3%
2016-201726.3%31.5%57.9%  19.8%
2017-201888.1%15.5%19.0%  82.4%
2018-20196.9%9.4%-2.2%  36.2%
Since 2014201.2%112.1%113.3%  44.3%
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