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Fairfield, Connecticut vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  23.5% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Fairfield, Connecticut
   Insurance cost
Fairfield, CTAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium99.8157.2100  57.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fairfield, CTAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.196.5100  4.5%
Heart Failure105.795.1100  10.0%
Hip Knee Replacement107.795.6100  11.2%
Pneumonia105.393.5100  11.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fairfield, CTAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,326$22,271$23,281  4.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,979$15,285$16,237  10.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,854$21,156$22,499  11.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,714$15,715$17,007  11.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fairfield, 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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