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Ames, Iowa vs. Storm Lake, Iowa

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Health
  3.0% lower in Storm Lake, Iowa
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAStorm Lake, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2151.8100  3.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAStorm Lake, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.596.6100  0.1%
Heart Failure95.197.1100  2.1%
Hip Knee Replacement95.689.7100  6.2%
Pneumonia93.589.5100  4.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAStorm Lake, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,287$23,281  0.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,601$16,237  2.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$19,870$22,499  6.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$15,053$17,007  4.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAStorm Lake, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%4.7%3.1%  0.0%
2015-201613.2%13.2%12.5%  0.0%
2016-201726.3%26.3%57.9%  0.0%
2017-201888.1%88.1%19.0%  0.0%
2018-20196.9%6.9%-2.2%  0.0%
Since 2014201.2%201.2%113.3%  0.0%
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