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Wausau, Wisconsin vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  20.3% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Wausau, Wisconsin
   Insurance cost
Wausau, WIAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium112.7157.2100  39.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wausau, WIAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.596.5100  7.7%
Heart Failure97.595.1100  2.5%
Hip Knee Replacement88.295.6100  8.4%
Pneumonia101.193.5100  7.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wausau, WIAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,104$22,271$23,281  7.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,659$15,285$16,237  2.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,532$21,156$22,499  8.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,999$15,715$17,007  7.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wausau, WIAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20152.7%4.7%3.1%  74.1%
2015-20164.2%13.2%12.5%  214.3%
2016-201715.4%26.3%57.9%  70.8%
2017-201854.6%88.1%19.0%  61.4%
2018-2019-5.6%6.9%-2.2%  223.2%
Since 201480.2%201.2%113.3%  150.9%
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