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Iowa, Louisiana vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  29.8% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Iowa, Louisiana
   Insurance cost
Iowa, LAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium98.7157.2100  59.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Iowa, LAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack9496.5100  2.7%
Heart Failure95.395.1100  0.2%
Hip Knee Replacement97.995.6100  2.3%
Pneumonia9693.5100  2.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Iowa, LAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,699$22,271$23,281  2.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,311$15,285$16,237  0.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,668$21,156$22,499  2.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,137$15,715$17,007  2.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Iowa, LAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20155.5%4.7%3.1%  14.5%
2015-20168.6%13.2%12.5%  53.5%
2016-201717.0%26.3%57.9%  54.7%
2017-201814.8%88.1%19.0%  495.3%
2018-2019-4.2%6.9%-2.2%  264.3%
Since 201447.4%201.2%113.3%  324.5%
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