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Riverside, California vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  43.8% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Riverside, California
   Insurance cost
Riverside, CAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium72.2157.2100  117.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Riverside, CAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.296.5100  7.4%
Heart Failure105.295.1100  9.6%
Hip Knee Replacement98.595.6100  2.9%
Pneumonia109.593.5100  14.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Riverside, CAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,035$22,271$23,281  7.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,911$15,285$16,237  9.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,804$21,156$22,499  3.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,410$15,715$17,007  14.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Riverside, CAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.0%4.7%3.1%  17.5%
2015-20160.0%13.2%12.5%  ∞%
2016-20179.3%26.3%57.9%  182.8%
2017-201826.1%88.1%19.0%  237.5%
2018-20191.2%6.9%-2.2%  475.0%
Since 201445.0%201.2%113.3%  347.1%
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