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Ames, Iowa vs. Oswego, Illinois

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Health
  23.5% lower in Oswego, Illinois
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAOswego, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.291.6100  41.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAOswego, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5103.3100  7.0%
Heart Failure95.1103.7100  9.0%
Hip Knee Replacement95.697.3100  1.8%
Pneumonia93.5104.7100  12.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAOswego, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,839$23,281  7.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,666$16,237  9.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,537$22,499  1.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,599$17,007  12.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAOswego, ILU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%3.1%3.1%  34.0%
2015-201613.2%9.0%12.5%  31.8%
2016-201726.3%38.0%57.9%  44.5%
2017-201888.1%38.1%19.0%  56.8%
2018-20196.9%-1.6%-2.2%  123.2%
Since 2014201.2%110.6%113.3%  45.0%
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