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Ames, Iowa vs. Wareham, Massachusetts

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Health
  33.6% lower in Wareham, Massachusetts
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAWareham, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.261.4100  60.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAWareham, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5105.4100  9.2%
Heart Failure95.1105.9100  11.4%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6106.4100  11.3%
Pneumonia93.5108.8100  16.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAWareham, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$24,318$23,281  9.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,011$16,237  11.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$23,561$22,499  11.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,287$17,007  16.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAWareham, 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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