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Cambridge, Maryland vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  8.1% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Cambridge, Maryland
   Insurance cost
Cambridge, MDAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium133157.2100  18.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Cambridge, MDAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.596.5100  7.7%
Heart Failure10395.1100  7.7%
Hip Knee Replacement94.695.6100  1.1%
Pneumonia101.993.5100  8.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Cambridge, MDAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,111$22,271$23,281  7.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,550$15,285$16,237  7.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,940$21,156$22,499  1.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,138$15,715$17,007  8.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Cambridge, MDAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201515.9%4.7%3.1%  70.4%
2015-2016-0.4%13.2%12.5%  3,400.0%
2016-201725.2%26.3%57.9%  4.4%
2017-201853.1%88.1%19.0%  65.9%
2018-2019-14.0%6.9%-2.2%  149.3%
Since 201490.5%201.2%113.3%  122.3%
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