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Ames, Iowa vs. New Brunswick, New Jersey

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Health
  28.3% lower in New Brunswick, New Jersey
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IANew Brunswick, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.266.8100  57.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IANew Brunswick, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5114.4100  18.5%
Heart Failure95.1114.7100  20.6%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6116.5100  21.9%
Pneumonia93.5108.3100  15.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IANew Brunswick, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$26,403$23,281  18.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$18,426$16,237  20.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$25,783$22,499  21.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,209$17,007  15.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IANew Brunswick, NJU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-2.2%3.1%  146.8%
2015-201613.2%5.1%12.5%  61.4%
2016-201726.3%4.8%57.9%  81.7%
2017-201888.1%18.7%19.0%  78.8%
2018-20196.9%-14.8%-2.2%  314.5%
Since 2014201.2%9.0%113.3%  95.5%
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