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Andover, Kansas vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  26.0% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Andover, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Andover, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium101.5157.2100  54.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Andover, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.896.5100  7.0%
Heart Failure106.295.1100  10.5%
Hip Knee Replacement91.595.6100  4.5%
Pneumonia97.193.5100  3.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Andover, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,955$22,271$23,281  7.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,069$15,285$16,237  10.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,254$21,156$22,499  4.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,320$15,715$17,007  3.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Andover, KSAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%4.7%3.1%  202.2%
2015-201615.8%13.2%12.5%  16.5%
2016-201742.4%26.3%57.9%  38.0%
2017-201837.8%88.1%19.0%  133.1%
2018-20196.6%6.9%-2.2%  4.5%
Since 2014131.0%201.2%113.3%  53.6%
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