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Anchorage, Alaska vs. Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Health
  20.8% lower in Fort Smith, Arkansas
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.572.7100  44.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6102.3100  0.3%
Heart Failure91.6103.4100  12.9%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3109.4100  31.3%
Pneumonia89.3100.2100  12.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,603$23,281  0.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$16,613$16,237  12.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$24,227$22,499  31.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$16,851$17,007  12.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-3.1%3.1%  121.2%
2015-201647.3%4.6%12.5%  90.3%
2016-201728.8%-5.7%57.9%  119.8%
2017-2018-21.6%29.5%19.0%  236.6%
2018-2019-3.3%3.8%-2.2%  215.2%
Since 201464.8%28.6%113.3%  55.9%
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