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Anchorage, Alaska vs. Waterloo, Iowa

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Health
  8.1% higher in Waterloo, Iowa
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKWaterloo, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5139100  5.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKWaterloo, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6105.8100  3.1%
Heart Failure91.6105.1100  14.7%
Hip Knee Replacement83.399.7100  19.7%
Pneumonia89.3101100  13.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKWaterloo, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$24,415$23,281  3.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$16,887$16,237  14.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$22,076$22,499  19.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$16,991$17,007  13.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKWaterloo, 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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