Anchorage, Alaska vs. Newark, New Jersey

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Health
  18.7% lower in Newark, New Jersey
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKNewark, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.566.8100  49.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKNewark, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6107.4100  4.7%
Heart Failure91.6116.2100  26.9%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3122.6100  47.2%
Pneumonia89.3113.5100  27.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKNewark, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$24,789$23,281  4.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$18,667$16,237  26.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$27,141$22,499  47.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$19,091$17,007  27.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKNewark, NJU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-2.2%3.1%  115.1%
2015-201647.3%5.1%12.5%  89.2%
2016-201728.8%4.8%57.9%  83.3%
2017-2018-21.6%18.7%19.0%  186.6%
2018-2019-3.3%-14.8%-2.2%  348.5%
Since 201464.8%9.0%113.3%  86.1%
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