Anchorage, Alaska vs. West Memphis, Arkansas

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Health
  22.6% lower in West Memphis, Arkansas
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKWest Memphis, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.572.7100  44.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKWest Memphis, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6100.8100  1.8%
Heart Failure91.698.8100  7.9%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3101.1100  21.4%
Pneumonia89.399.4100  11.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKWest Memphis, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,256$23,281  1.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$15,871$16,237  7.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$22,372$22,499  21.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$16,715$17,007  11.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKWest Memphis, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-3.1%3.1%  121.2%
2015-201647.3%4.6%12.5%  90.3%
2016-201728.8%-5.7%57.9%  119.8%
2017-2018-21.6%29.5%19.0%  236.6%
2018-2019-3.3%3.8%-2.2%  215.2%
Since 201464.8%28.6%113.3%  55.9%
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