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Ames, Iowa vs. Upton, Massachusetts

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Health
  31.4% lower in Upton, Massachusetts
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAUpton, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.265.8100  58.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAUpton, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5103.8100  7.6%
Heart Failure95.1106.1100  11.6%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6114.1100  19.4%
Pneumonia93.5102100  9.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAUpton, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,950$23,281  7.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,055$16,237  11.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$25,254$22,499  19.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,151$17,007  9.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAUpton, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-2.6%3.1%  155.3%
2015-201613.2%-1.5%12.5%  111.4%
2016-201726.3%-2.7%57.9%  110.3%
2017-201888.1%26.4%19.0%  70.0%
2018-20196.9%5.1%-2.2%  26.1%
Since 2014201.2%23.9%113.3%  88.1%
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