Anchorage, Alaska vs. Brighton, Colorado

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Health
  16.0% lower in Brighton, Colorado
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKBrighton, COU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.584.3100  35.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKBrighton, COU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6101.8100  0.8%
Heart Failure91.6100.8100  10.0%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3108100  29.7%
Pneumonia89.3100.6100  12.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKBrighton, COU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,499$23,281  0.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$16,191$16,237  10.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$23,917$22,499  29.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$16,912$17,007  12.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKBrighton, COU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%12.0%3.1%  17.8%
2015-201647.3%-0.3%12.5%  100.6%
2016-201728.8%14.7%57.9%  49.0%
2017-2018-21.6%33.5%19.0%  255.1%
2018-2019-3.3%3.8%-2.2%  215.2%
Since 201464.8%77.5%113.3%  19.6%
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