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Ames, Iowa vs. Punta Gorda, Florida

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Health
  25.3% lower in Punta Gorda, Florida
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAPunta Gorda, FLU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.284.3100  46.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAPunta Gorda, FLU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.599.6100  3.2%
Heart Failure95.1109.2100  14.8%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6103.1100  7.8%
Pneumonia93.5110.8100  18.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAPunta Gorda, FLU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,987$23,281  3.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,540$16,237  14.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$22,820$22,499  7.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,625$17,007  18.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAPunta Gorda, FLU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%6.0%3.1%  27.7%
2015-201613.2%1.8%12.5%  86.4%
2016-201726.3%15.3%57.9%  41.8%
2017-201888.1%40.8%19.0%  53.7%
2018-20196.9%2.4%-2.2%  65.2%
Since 2014201.2%79.3%113.3%  60.6%
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