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Ames, Iowa vs. Seneca, South Carolina

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Health
  13.5% lower in Seneca, South Carolina
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IASeneca, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2112.9100  28.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IASeneca, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5106.9100  10.8%
Heart Failure95.199.6100  4.7%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6106.6100  11.5%
Pneumonia93.5107100  14.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IASeneca, SCU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$24,666$23,281  10.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,001$16,237  4.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$23,595$22,499  11.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,998$17,007  14.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IASeneca, SCU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%0.0%3.1%  100.0%
2015-201613.2%11.1%12.5%  15.9%
2016-201726.3%28.2%57.9%  7.2%
2017-201888.1%34.7%19.0%  60.6%
2018-20196.9%6.2%-2.2%  10.1%
Since 2014201.2%103.7%113.3%  48.5%
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