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Columbia, Connecticut vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  30.5% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Columbia, Connecticut
   Insurance cost
Columbia, CTAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium86.6157.2100  81.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Columbia, CTAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack100.796.5100  4.2%
Heart Failure103.695.1100  8.2%
Hip Knee Replacement11595.6100  16.9%
Pneumonia107.593.5100  13.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Columbia, CTAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,241$22,271$23,281  4.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,652$15,285$16,237  8.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$25,457$21,156$22,499  16.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,073$15,715$17,007  13.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Columbia, CTAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.2%4.7%3.1%  313.6%
2015-20160.0%13.2%12.5%  ∞%
2016-201717.3%26.3%57.9%  52.0%
2017-201831.6%88.1%19.0%  178.8%
2018-2019-12.8%6.9%-2.2%  153.9%
Since 201431.6%201.2%113.3%  536.7%
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