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Ames, Iowa vs. Ripon, Wisconsin

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Health
  25.2% lower in Ripon, Wisconsin
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IARipon, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.294.4100  39.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IARipon, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.599.7100  3.3%
Heart Failure95.1103.8100  9.1%
Hip Knee Replacement95.686.7100  9.3%
Pneumonia93.590.7100  3.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IARipon, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,017$23,281  3.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,674$16,237  9.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$19,184$22,499  9.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$15,247$17,007  3.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IARipon, WIU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%2.7%3.1%  42.6%
2015-201613.2%4.2%12.5%  68.2%
2016-201726.3%15.4%57.9%  41.4%
2017-201888.1%54.6%19.0%  38.0%
2018-20196.9%-5.6%-2.2%  181.2%
Since 2014201.2%80.2%113.3%  60.1%
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