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Ames, Iowa vs. Omaha, Nebraska

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Health
  3.2% higher in Omaha, Nebraska
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAOmaha, NEU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2157.6100  0.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAOmaha, NEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5103.9100  7.7%
Heart Failure95.1106.3100  11.8%
Hip Knee Replacement95.697.9100  2.4%
Pneumonia93.5108.5100  16.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAOmaha, NEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,984$23,281  7.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,077$16,237  11.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,671$22,499  2.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,251$17,007  16.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAOmaha, NEU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%18.9%3.1%  302.1%
2015-201613.2%12.2%12.5%  7.6%
2016-201726.3%52.7%57.9%  100.4%
2017-201888.1%51.3%19.0%  41.8%
2018-20196.9%9.3%-2.2%  34.8%
Since 2014201.2%236.5%113.3%  17.5%
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