Ketchikan, Alaska vs. Kelso, Washington

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Health
  17.2% lower in Kelso, Washington
than in Ketchikan, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Ketchikan, AKKelso, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium134.996.5100  28.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ketchikan, AKKelso, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.598.3100  3.2%
Heart Failure89.391.8100  2.8%
Hip Knee Replacement89.581.8100  8.6%
Pneumonia75.992.6100  22.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ketchikan, AKKelso, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$22,672$23,281  3.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,346$14,749$16,237  2.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,825$18,118$22,499  8.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$12,766$15,577$17,007  22.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ketchikan, AKKelso, WAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-17.9%3.1%  222.6%
2015-201647.3%5.6%12.5%  88.2%
2016-201728.8%-1.6%57.9%  105.6%
2017-2018-21.6%38.3%19.0%  277.3%
2018-2019-3.3%13.4%-2.2%  506.1%
Since 201464.8%33.7%113.3%  48.0%
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