Kearney, Nebraska vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  7.5% lower in Ames, Iowa
than in Kearney, Nebraska
   Insurance cost
Kearney, NEAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium169.7157.2100  7.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Kearney, NEAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack113.196.5100  14.7%
Heart Failure105.395.1100  9.7%
Hip Knee Replacement95.895.6100  0.2%
Pneumonia96.793.5100  3.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Kearney, NEAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$26,094$22,271$23,281  14.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,926$15,285$16,237  9.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,206$21,156$22,499  0.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,266$15,715$17,007  3.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Kearney, NEAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201518.9%4.7%3.1%  75.1%
2015-201612.2%13.2%12.5%  8.2%
2016-201752.7%26.3%57.9%  50.1%
2017-201851.3%88.1%19.0%  71.7%
2018-20199.3%6.9%-2.2%  25.8%
Since 2014236.5%201.2%113.3%  14.9%
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      State average
Cost of Taxes