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Ames, Iowa vs. Salem, Oregon

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Health
  32.5% lower in Salem, Oregon
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IASalem, ORU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.279.5100  49.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IASalem, ORU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.594.8100  1.8%
Heart Failure95.199.4100  4.5%
Hip Knee Replacement95.681.7100  14.5%
Pneumonia93.593.7100  0.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IASalem, ORU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$21,880$23,281  1.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,968$16,237  4.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$18,095$22,499  14.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$15,759$17,007  0.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IASalem, ORU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%2.8%3.1%  40.4%
2015-201613.2%22.9%12.5%  73.5%
2016-201726.3%27.0%57.9%  2.7%
2017-201888.1%19.0%19.0%  78.4%
2018-20196.9%7.0%-2.2%  1.4%
Since 2014201.2%104.1%113.3%  48.3%
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