Anchorage, Alaska vs. Bowling Green, Kentucky

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Health
  5.6% lower in Bowling Green, Kentucky
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKBowling Green, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5108.8100  17.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKBowling Green, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.698100  4.5%
Heart Failure91.6102.3100  11.7%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3107.2100  28.7%
Pneumonia89.3100.9100  13.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKBowling Green, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$22,608$23,281  4.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$16,436$16,237  11.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$23,744$22,499  28.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$16,964$17,007  13.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKBowling Green, KYU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%7.7%3.1%  47.3%
2015-201647.3%-1.9%12.5%  104.0%
2016-201728.8%10.7%57.9%  62.8%
2017-2018-21.6%46.0%19.0%  313.0%
2018-2019-3.3%9.0%-2.2%  372.7%
Since 201464.8%86.2%113.3%  33.0%
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