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Ames, Iowa vs. River Falls, Wisconsin

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Health
  19.5% lower in River Falls, Wisconsin
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IARiver Falls, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2107.5100  31.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IARiver Falls, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.598.2100  1.8%
Heart Failure95.1101.6100  6.8%
Hip Knee Replacement95.688.6100  7.3%
Pneumonia93.599.6100  6.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IARiver Falls, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,665$23,281  1.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,329$16,237  6.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$19,625$22,499  7.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,752$17,007  6.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IARiver Falls, 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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