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Odessa, Texas vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  23.7% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Odessa, Texas
   Insurance cost
Odessa, TXAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium100157.2100  57.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Odessa, TXAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack97.796.5100  1.2%
Heart Failure100.295.1100  5.1%
Hip Knee Replacement112.595.6100  15.0%
Pneumonia104.793.5100  10.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Odessa, TXAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,553$22,271$23,281  1.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,107$15,285$16,237  5.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,898$21,156$22,499  15.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,603$15,715$17,007  10.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Odessa, 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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