Anchorage, Alaska vs. Charleston, West Virginia

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Health
  5.5% lower in Charleston, West Virginia
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKCharleston, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5117.7100  10.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKCharleston, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.699.5100  3.0%
Heart Failure91.699.5100  8.6%
Hip Knee Replacement83.380.8100  3.0%
Pneumonia89.3101.2100  13.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKCharleston, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$22,970$23,281  3.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$15,987$16,237  8.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$17,893$22,499  2.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$17,023$17,007  13.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKCharleston, WVU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%2.8%3.1%  80.8%
2015-201647.3%24.2%12.5%  48.8%
2016-201728.8%31.5%57.9%  9.4%
2017-2018-21.6%15.5%19.0%  171.8%
2018-2019-3.3%9.4%-2.2%  384.8%
Since 201464.8%112.1%113.3%  73.0%
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