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Ames, Iowa vs. Lewes, Delaware

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Health
  7.1% lower in Lewes, Delaware
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IALewes, DEU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2131.5100  16.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IALewes, DEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5108.7100  12.6%
Heart Failure95.1105.9100  11.4%
Hip Knee Replacement95.693.5100  2.2%
Pneumonia93.5108.7100  16.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IALewes, DEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$25,081$23,281  12.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,012$16,237  11.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$20,709$22,499  2.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$18,271$17,007  16.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IALewes, DEU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%4.2%3.1%  10.6%
2015-201613.2%18.3%12.5%  38.6%
2016-201726.3%18.8%57.9%  28.5%
2017-201888.1%39.2%19.0%  55.5%
2018-20196.9%16.1%-2.2%  133.3%
Since 2014201.2%136.7%113.3%  32.1%
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