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Lansing, Michigan vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  51.1% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Lansing, Michigan
   Insurance cost
Lansing, MIAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium72.2157.2100  117.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Lansing, MIAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.896.5100  0.3%
Heart Failure98.495.1100  3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement88.495.6100  8.1%
Pneumonia101.693.5100  8.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Lansing, MIAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,335$22,271$23,281  0.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,817$15,285$16,237  3.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,570$21,156$22,499  8.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,090$15,715$17,007  8.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Lansing, MIAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20150.4%4.7%3.1%  1,075.0%
2015-20162.0%13.2%12.5%  560.0%
2016-20176.9%26.3%57.9%  281.2%
2017-201837.1%88.1%19.0%  137.5%
2018-20190.5%6.9%-2.2%  1,280.0%
Since 201450.8%201.2%113.3%  296.1%
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