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Sandpoint, Idaho vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  32.8% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Sandpoint, Idaho
   Insurance cost
Sandpoint, IDAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium93.5157.2100  68.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Sandpoint, IDAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack9696.5100  0.5%
Heart Failure102.795.1100  7.4%
Hip Knee Replacement94.795.6100  1.0%
Pneumonia95.793.5100  2.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Sandpoint, IDAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,156$22,271$23,281  0.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,503$15,285$16,237  7.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,961$21,156$22,499  0.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,090$15,715$17,007  2.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Sandpoint, IDAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201519.6%4.7%3.1%  76.0%
2015-20161.1%13.2%12.5%  1,100.0%
2016-201725.0%26.3%57.9%  5.2%
2017-201834.6%88.1%19.0%  154.6%
2018-20194.2%6.9%-2.2%  64.3%
Since 2014111.9%201.2%113.3%  79.8%
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