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Ames, Iowa vs. Fort Wayne, Indiana

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Health
  36.9% lower in Fort Wayne, Indiana
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAFort Wayne, INU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.263100  59.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAFort Wayne, INU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.595100  1.6%
Heart Failure95.198.1100  3.2%
Hip Knee Replacement95.695.6100  0.0%
Pneumonia93.598.8100  5.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAFort Wayne, INU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$21,927$23,281  1.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$15,763$16,237  3.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,158$22,499  0.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$16,621$17,007  5.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAFort Wayne, INU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-1.5%3.1%  131.9%
2015-201613.2%-12.7%12.5%  196.2%
2016-201726.3%-1.4%57.9%  105.3%
2017-201888.1%21.9%19.0%  75.1%
2018-20196.9%0.0%-2.2%  100.0%
Since 2014201.2%3.4%113.3%  98.3%
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