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Ames, Iowa vs. Show Low, Arizona

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Health
  8.9% lower in Show Low, Arizona
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAShow Low, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2131.9100  16.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAShow Low, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5112.1100  16.2%
Heart Failure95.191.9100  3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement95.694.3100  1.4%
Pneumonia93.585.5100  8.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAShow Low, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$25,856$23,281  16.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$14,772$16,237  3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,878$22,499  1.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$14,373$17,007  8.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAShow Low, AZU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-3.0%3.1%  163.8%
2015-201613.2%21.9%12.5%  65.9%
2016-201726.3%115.5%57.9%  339.2%
2017-201888.1%0.2%19.0%  99.8%
2018-20196.9%-8.7%-2.2%  226.1%
Since 2014201.2%133.2%113.3%  33.8%
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