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Northampton, Massachusetts vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  52.9% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Northampton, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Northampton, MAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium64.9157.2100  142.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Northampton, MAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.696.5100  1.1%
Heart Failure100.695.1100  5.5%
Hip Knee Replacement101.795.6100  6.0%
Pneumonia102.893.5100  9.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Northampton, MAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,516$22,271$23,281  1.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,166$15,285$16,237  5.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,515$21,156$22,499  6.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,286$15,715$17,007  9.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Northampton, MAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%4.7%3.1%  280.8%
2015-2016-1.5%13.2%12.5%  980.0%
2016-2017-2.7%26.3%57.9%  1,074.1%
2017-201826.4%88.1%19.0%  233.7%
2018-20195.1%6.9%-2.2%  35.3%
Since 201423.9%201.2%113.3%  741.8%
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