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Ames, Iowa vs. Thousand Oaks, California

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Health
  21.1% lower in Thousand Oaks, California
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAThousand Oaks, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.293.3100  40.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAThousand Oaks, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5102.4100  6.1%
Heart Failure95.1105.6100  11.0%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6111.4100  16.5%
Pneumonia93.5103.2100  10.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAThousand Oaks, CAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,624$23,281  6.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,971$16,237  11.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$24,653$22,499  16.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,362$17,007  10.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAThousand Oaks, CAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%4.0%3.1%  14.9%
2015-201613.2%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-201726.3%9.3%57.9%  64.6%
2017-201888.1%26.1%19.0%  70.4%
2018-20196.9%1.2%-2.2%  82.6%
Since 2014201.2%45.0%113.3%  77.6%
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