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Ames, Iowa vs. Des Moines, Minnesota

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Health
  34.1% lower in Des Moines, Minnesota
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IADes Moines, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.268.1100  56.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IADes Moines, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.598.7100  2.3%
Heart Failure95.199100  4.1%
Hip Knee Replacement95.694.7100  0.9%
Pneumonia93.5104.4100  11.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IADes Moines, MNU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$22,772$23,281  2.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,900$16,237  4.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,967$22,499  0.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,555$17,007  11.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IADes Moines, MNU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%42.3%3.1%  800.0%
2015-201613.2%0.4%12.5%  97.0%
2016-201726.3%58.5%57.9%  122.4%
2017-201888.1%-6.6%19.0%  107.5%
2018-20196.9%-15.3%-2.2%  321.7%
Since 2014201.2%79.1%113.3%  60.7%
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