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Ames, Iowa vs. Plainfield, Illinois

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Health
  22.2% lower in Plainfield, Illinois
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAPlainfield, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.286.9100  44.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAPlainfield, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5105.1100  8.9%
Heart Failure95.1105.4100  10.8%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6117.5100  22.9%
Pneumonia93.5106.6100  14.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAPlainfield, ILU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$24,261$23,281  8.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,939$16,237  10.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$26,020$22,499  23.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,925$17,007  14.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAPlainfield, 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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