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Ames, Iowa vs. Union, Kentucky

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Health
  19.2% lower in Union, Kentucky
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAUnion, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.299.6100  36.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAUnion, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5103.4100  7.2%
Heart Failure95.1104.4100  9.8%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6103.5100  8.3%
Pneumonia93.5109.1100  16.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAUnion, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,866$23,281  7.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,772$16,237  9.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$22,918$22,499  8.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,343$17,007  16.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAUnion, KYU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%7.7%3.1%  63.8%
2015-201613.2%-1.9%12.5%  114.4%
2016-201726.3%10.7%57.9%  59.3%
2017-201888.1%46.0%19.0%  47.8%
2018-20196.9%9.0%-2.2%  30.4%
Since 2014201.2%86.2%113.3%  57.2%
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