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Ithaca, New York vs. West Des Moines, Iowa

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Health
  8.7% higher in West Des Moines, Iowa
than in Ithaca, New York
   Insurance cost
Ithaca, NYWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium118137100  16.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ithaca, NYWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.194.1100  1.1%
Heart Failure88.195.8100  8.7%
Hip Knee Replacement95.288.5100  7.0%
Pneumonia90.794.7100  4.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ithaca, NYWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,944$21,724$23,281  1.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,152$15,395$16,237  8.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,073$19,585$22,499  7.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,257$15,918$17,007  4.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ithaca, NYWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201510.8%4.7%3.1%  56.5%
2015-20163.4%13.2%12.5%  288.2%
2016-201715.5%26.3%57.9%  69.7%
2017-201811.5%88.1%19.0%  666.1%
2018-201912.5%6.9%-2.2%  44.8%
Since 201465.9%201.2%113.3%  205.3%
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