Anchorage, Alaska vs. Ottumwa, Iowa

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Health
  15.3% higher in Ottumwa, Iowa
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKOttumwa, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5154.5100  17.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKOttumwa, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6106.9100  4.2%
Heart Failure91.6106.6100  16.4%
Hip Knee Replacement83.395.1100  14.2%
Pneumonia89.3108.8100  21.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKOttumwa, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$24,670$23,281  4.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$17,135$16,237  16.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$21,065$22,499  14.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$18,290$17,007  21.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKOttumwa, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%4.7%3.1%  67.8%
2015-201647.3%13.2%12.5%  72.1%
2016-201728.8%26.3%57.9%  8.7%
2017-2018-21.6%88.1%19.0%  507.9%
2018-2019-3.3%6.9%-2.2%  309.1%
Since 201464.8%201.2%113.3%  210.5%
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