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Morgantown, West Virginia vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  19.8% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Morgantown, West Virginia
   Insurance cost
Morgantown, WVAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium105157.2100  49.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Morgantown, WVAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack10396.5100  6.3%
Heart Failure106.595.1100  10.7%
Hip Knee Replacement107.295.6100  10.8%
Pneumonia107.693.5100  13.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Morgantown, WVAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,766$22,271$23,281  6.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,109$15,285$16,237  10.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,730$21,156$22,499  10.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,093$15,715$17,007  13.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Morgantown, WVAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20152.8%4.7%3.1%  67.9%
2015-201624.2%13.2%12.5%  45.5%
2016-201731.5%26.3%57.9%  16.5%
2017-201815.5%88.1%19.0%  468.4%
2018-20199.4%6.9%-2.2%  26.6%
Since 2014112.1%201.2%113.3%  79.5%
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