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Ames, Iowa vs. Anchorage, Alaska

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Health
  11.5% lower in Anchorage, Alaska
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAAnchorage, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.2131.5100  16.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAAnchorage, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5102.6100  6.3%
Heart Failure95.191.6100  3.7%
Hip Knee Replacement95.683.3100  12.9%
Pneumonia93.589.3100  4.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAAnchorage, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,681$23,281  6.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$14,719$16,237  3.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$18,433$22,499  12.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$15,009$17,007  4.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAAnchorage, AKU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%14.6%3.1%  210.6%
2015-201613.2%47.3%12.5%  258.3%
2016-201726.3%28.8%57.9%  9.5%
2017-201888.1%-21.6%19.0%  124.5%
2018-20196.9%-3.3%-2.2%  147.8%
Since 2014201.2%64.8%113.3%  67.8%
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