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Ames, Iowa vs. Tucson, Arizona

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Health
  35.5% lower in Tucson, Arizona
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IATucson, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.265.3100  58.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IATucson, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.598.5100  2.1%
Heart Failure95.199.7100  4.8%
Hip Knee Replacement95.692.9100  2.8%
Pneumonia93.5103.6100  10.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IATucson, AZU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,730$23,281  2.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,024$16,237  4.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,577$22,499  2.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,415$17,007  10.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IATucson, 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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