Anchorage, Alaska vs. Lehighton, Pennsylvania

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Health
  13.2% lower in Lehighton, Pennsylvania
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKLehighton, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.592.3100  29.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKLehighton, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.698.1100  4.4%
Heart Failure91.698.2100  7.2%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3112.5100  35.1%
Pneumonia89.390.4100  1.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKLehighton, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$22,635$23,281  4.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$15,772$16,237  7.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$24,899$22,499  35.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$15,198$17,007  1.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKLehighton, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-1.7%3.1%  111.6%
2015-201647.3%10.6%12.5%  77.6%
2016-201728.8%52.3%57.9%  81.6%
2017-2018-21.6%45.2%19.0%  309.3%
2018-2019-3.3%-15.8%-2.2%  378.8%
Since 201464.8%102.5%113.3%  58.2%
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