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Ames, Iowa vs. Manchester, Connecticut

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Health
  26.2% lower in Manchester, Connecticut
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAManchester, CTU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.282.1100  47.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAManchester, CTU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5102.3100  6.0%
Heart Failure95.1105.9100  11.4%
Hip Knee Replacement95.6105.5100  10.4%
Pneumonia93.5103.8100  11.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAManchester, CTU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,617$23,281  6.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$17,018$16,237  11.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$23,353$22,499  10.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$17,453$17,007  11.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAManchester, CTU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-2.2%3.1%  146.8%
2015-201613.2%0.0%12.5%  100.0%
2016-201726.3%17.3%57.9%  34.2%
2017-201888.1%31.6%19.0%  64.1%
2018-20196.9%-12.8%-2.2%  285.5%
Since 2014201.2%31.6%113.3%  84.3%
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