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Ames, Iowa vs. Moscow, Idaho

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Health
  24.1% lower in Moscow, Idaho
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAMoscow, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.298.3100  37.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAMoscow, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.596100  0.5%
Heart Failure95.197.5100  2.5%
Hip Knee Replacement95.689.6100  6.3%
Pneumonia93.592.5100  1.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAMoscow, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,156$23,281  0.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,668$16,237  2.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$19,847$22,499  6.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$15,563$17,007  1.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAMoscow, IDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%19.6%3.1%  317.0%
2015-201613.2%1.1%12.5%  91.7%
2016-201726.3%25.0%57.9%  4.9%
2017-201888.1%34.6%19.0%  60.7%
2018-20196.9%4.2%-2.2%  39.1%
Since 2014201.2%111.9%113.3%  44.4%
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