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Columbia, Missouri vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  25.5% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Columbia, Missouri
   Insurance cost
Columbia, MOAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium99.6157.2100  57.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Columbia, MOAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack106.996.5100  9.7%
Heart Failure102.295.1100  6.9%
Hip Knee Replacement9595.6100  0.6%
Pneumonia103.793.5100  9.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Columbia, MOAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,673$22,271$23,281  9.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,421$15,285$16,237  6.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,027$21,156$22,499  0.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,444$15,715$17,007  9.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Columbia, MOAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.0%4.7%3.1%  570.0%
2015-201610.6%13.2%12.5%  24.5%
2016-201718.5%26.3%57.9%  42.2%
2017-201842.2%88.1%19.0%  108.8%
2018-2019-5.7%6.9%-2.2%  221.1%
Since 201473.9%201.2%113.3%  172.3%
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