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Woburn, Massachusetts vs. Ames, Iowa

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Health
  51.4% higher in Ames, Iowa
than in Woburn, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Woburn, MAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium63.3157.2100  148.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Woburn, MAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.696.5100  5.9%
Heart Failure10395.1100  7.7%
Hip Knee Replacement106.395.6100  10.1%
Pneumonia100.793.5100  7.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Woburn, MAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,684$22,271$23,281  6.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,555$15,285$16,237  7.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,539$21,156$22,499  10.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,933$15,715$17,007  7.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Woburn, MAAmes, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%4.7%3.1%  280.8%
2015-2016-1.5%13.2%12.5%  980.0%
2016-2017-2.7%26.3%57.9%  1,074.1%
2017-201826.4%88.1%19.0%  233.7%
2018-20195.1%6.9%-2.2%  35.3%
Since 201423.9%201.2%113.3%  741.8%
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