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Buffalo, New York vs. Iowa City, Iowa

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Health
  18.8% higher in Iowa City, Iowa
than in Buffalo, New York
   Insurance cost
Buffalo, NYIowa City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium94.8140.7100  48.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Buffalo, NYIowa City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack99.189.7100  9.5%
Heart Failure94.897.9100  3.3%
Hip Knee Replacement100.682.9100  17.6%
Pneumonia103.698.9100  4.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Buffalo, NYIowa City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,862$20,690$23,281  9.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,231$15,735$16,237  3.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,271$18,358$22,499  17.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,416$16,623$17,007  4.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Buffalo, NYIowa City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201510.8%4.7%3.1%  56.5%
2015-20163.4%13.2%12.5%  288.2%
2016-201715.5%26.3%57.9%  69.7%
2017-201811.5%88.1%19.0%  666.1%
2018-201912.5%6.9%-2.2%  44.8%
Since 201465.9%201.2%113.3%  205.3%
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