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Portage, Indiana vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  56.5% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Portage, Indiana
   Insurance cost
Portage, INAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium63157.2100  149.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Portage, INAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.196.5100  4.5%
Heart Failure110.695.1100  14.0%
Hip Knee Replacement86.895.6100  10.1%
Pneumonia104.293.5100  10.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Portage, INAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,327$22,271$23,281  4.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,777$15,285$16,237  14.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,217$21,156$22,499  10.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,529$15,715$17,007  10.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Portage, INAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.5%4.7%3.1%  413.3%
2015-2016-12.7%13.2%12.5%  203.9%
2016-2017-1.4%26.3%57.9%  1,978.6%
2017-201821.9%88.1%19.0%  302.3%
2018-20190.0%6.9%-2.2%  ∞%
Since 20143.4%201.2%113.3%  5,817.6%
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