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Ames, Iowa vs. Waxahachie, Texas

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Health
  9.7% lower in Waxahachie, Texas
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAWaxahachie, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2120100  23.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAWaxahachie, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5109.4100  13.4%
Heart Failure95.1101100  6.2%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6108.5100  13.5%
Pneumonia93.5111.8100  19.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAWaxahachie, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$25,235$23,281  13.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$16,225$16,237  6.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$24,018$22,499  13.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,795$17,007  19.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAWaxahachie, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%3.2%3.1%  31.9%
2015-201613.2%5.1%12.5%  61.4%
2016-201726.3%19.0%57.9%  27.8%
2017-201888.1%35.6%19.0%  59.6%
2018-20196.9%2.3%-2.2%  66.7%
Since 2014201.2%79.0%113.3%  60.7%
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