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New Braunfels, Texas vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  31.4% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in New Braunfels, Texas
   Insurance cost
New Braunfels, TXAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium77157.2100  104.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
New Braunfels, TXAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack105.196.5100  8.2%
Heart Failure121.395.1100  21.6%
Hip Knee Replacement12295.6100  21.6%
Pneumonia115.893.5100  19.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
New Braunfels, TXAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,252$22,271$23,281  8.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$19,498$15,285$16,237  21.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$27,004$21,156$22,499  21.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$19,465$15,715$17,007  19.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
New Braunfels, TXAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.2%4.7%3.1%  46.9%
2015-20165.1%13.2%12.5%  158.8%
2016-201719.0%26.3%57.9%  38.4%
2017-201835.6%88.1%19.0%  147.5%
2018-20192.3%6.9%-2.2%  200.0%
Since 201479.0%201.2%113.3%  154.7%
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