Anchorage, Alaska vs. Wheeling, West Virginia

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Health
  11.7% lower in Wheeling, West Virginia
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKWheeling, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.589.4100  32.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKWheeling, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6103.8100  1.2%
Heart Failure91.6102.5100  11.9%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3113.7100  36.5%
Pneumonia89.3110.9100  24.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKWheeling, WVU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,953$23,281  1.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$16,467$16,237  11.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$25,170$22,499  36.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$18,640$17,007  24.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKWheeling, WVU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%2.8%3.1%  80.8%
2015-201647.3%24.2%12.5%  48.8%
2016-201728.8%31.5%57.9%  9.4%
2017-2018-21.6%15.5%19.0%  171.8%
2018-2019-3.3%9.4%-2.2%  384.8%
Since 201464.8%112.1%113.3%  73.0%
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