Anchorage, Alaska vs. Saco, Maine

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Health
  14.6% lower in Saco, Maine
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKSaco, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.593.1100  29.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKSaco, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6105.2100  2.5%
Heart Failure91.694.9100  3.6%
Hip Knee Replacement83.396.2100  15.5%
Pneumonia89.390.1100  0.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKSaco, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$24,279$23,281  2.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$15,249$16,237  3.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$21,287$22,499  15.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$15,159$17,007  1.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKSaco, MEU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-1.2%3.1%  108.2%
2015-201647.3%4.4%12.5%  90.7%
2016-201728.8%14.9%57.9%  48.3%
2017-2018-21.6%52.7%19.0%  344.0%
2018-2019-3.3%-7.5%-2.2%  127.3%
Since 201464.8%67.4%113.3%  4.0%
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