Anchorage, Alaska vs. Worcester, Massachusetts

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Health
  22.5% lower in Worcester, Massachusetts
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.565.8100  50.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6103.8100  1.2%
Heart Failure91.6106.1100  15.8%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3114.1100  37.0%
Pneumonia89.3102100  14.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,950$23,281  1.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$17,055$16,237  15.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$25,254$22,499  37.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$17,151$17,007  14.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-2.6%3.1%  117.8%
2015-201647.3%-1.5%12.5%  103.2%
2016-201728.8%-2.7%57.9%  109.4%
2017-2018-21.6%26.4%19.0%  222.2%
2018-2019-3.3%5.1%-2.2%  254.5%
Since 201464.8%23.9%113.3%  63.1%
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