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Ames, Iowa vs. Pocatello, Idaho

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Health
  18.9% lower in Pocatello, Idaho
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAPocatello, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2105.6100  32.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAPocatello, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5101.9100  5.6%
Heart Failure95.1100.3100  5.5%
Hip Knee Replacement95.693.6100  2.1%
Pneumonia93.5104.1100  11.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAPocatello, IDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,522$23,281  5.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,116$16,237  5.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,729$22,499  2.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,513$17,007  11.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAPocatello, IDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%19.6%3.1%  317.0%
2015-201613.2%1.1%12.5%  91.7%
2016-201726.3%25.0%57.9%  4.9%
2017-201888.1%34.6%19.0%  60.7%
2018-20196.9%4.2%-2.2%  39.1%
Since 2014201.2%111.9%113.3%  44.4%
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