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Ames, Iowa vs. Mount Pleasant, Michigan

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Health
  27.0% lower in Mount Pleasant, Michigan
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAMount Pleasant, MIU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.286.8100  44.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAMount Pleasant, MIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.597.3100  0.8%
Heart Failure95.197100  2.0%
Hip Knee Replacement95.697.1100  1.6%
Pneumonia93.5100.2100  7.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAMount Pleasant, MIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,453$23,281  0.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,588$16,237  2.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,506$22,499  1.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,856$17,007  7.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAMount Pleasant, MIU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%0.4%3.1%  91.5%
2015-201613.2%2.0%12.5%  84.8%
2016-201726.3%6.9%57.9%  73.8%
2017-201888.1%37.1%19.0%  57.9%
2018-20196.9%0.5%-2.2%  92.8%
Since 2014201.2%50.8%113.3%  74.8%
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