Anchorage, Alaska vs. Belfast, Maine

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Health
  5.0% lower in Belfast, Maine
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKBelfast, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.5102.9100  21.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKBelfast, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.698.3100  4.2%
Heart Failure91.6106.6100  16.4%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3128.5100  54.3%
Pneumonia89.396.3100  7.8%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKBelfast, MEU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$22,680$23,281  4.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$17,122$16,237  16.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$28,449$22,499  54.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$16,192$17,007  7.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKBelfast, MEU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-1.2%3.1%  108.2%
2015-201647.3%4.4%12.5%  90.7%
2016-201728.8%14.9%57.9%  48.3%
2017-2018-21.6%52.7%19.0%  344.0%
2018-2019-3.3%-7.5%-2.2%  127.3%
Since 201464.8%67.4%113.3%  4.0%
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