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Anchorage, Alaska vs. Spirit Lake, Iowa

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Health
  9.8% higher in Spirit Lake, Iowa
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKSpirit Lake, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5151.8100  15.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKSpirit Lake, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.698.7100  3.8%
Heart Failure91.686.3100  5.8%
Hip Knee Replacement83.396.1100  15.4%
Pneumonia89.386.6100  3.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKSpirit Lake, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$22,772$23,281  3.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$13,872$16,237  5.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$21,281$22,499  15.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$14,566$17,007  3.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKSpirit Lake, 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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