Anchorage, Alaska vs. Palmer Lake, Colorado

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Health
  14.9% lower in Palmer Lake, Colorado
than in Anchorage, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Anchorage, AKPalmer Lake, COU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium131.588.5100  32.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Anchorage, AKPalmer Lake, COU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.6101.3100  1.3%
Heart Failure91.699.4100  8.5%
Hip Knee Replacement83.3103.4100  24.1%
Pneumonia89.3100.8100  12.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Anchorage, AKPalmer Lake, COU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,681$23,378$23,281  1.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,719$15,979$16,237  8.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,433$22,898$22,499  24.2%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,009$16,956$17,007  13.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Anchorage, AKPalmer Lake, COU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%12.0%3.1%  17.8%
2015-201647.3%-0.3%12.5%  100.6%
2016-201728.8%14.7%57.9%  49.0%
2017-2018-21.6%33.5%19.0%  255.1%
2018-2019-3.3%3.8%-2.2%  215.2%
Since 201464.8%77.5%113.3%  19.6%
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