Buffalo, Wyoming vs. Fairbanks, Alaska

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Health
  14.4% lower in Fairbanks, Alaska
than in Buffalo, Wyoming
   Insurance cost
Buffalo, WYFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium167.6138.2100  17.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Buffalo, WYFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack95.5108.3100  13.4%
Heart Failure10277.7100  23.8%
Hip Knee Replacement102.977.1100  25.1%
Pneumonia84.481.4100  3.6%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Buffalo, WYFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,037$24,985$23,281  13.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,394$12,490$16,237  23.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$22,771$17,067$22,499  25.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$14,185$13,690$17,007  3.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Buffalo, WYFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.5%14.6%3.1%  224.4%
2015-20165.7%47.3%12.5%  729.8%
2016-20178.9%28.8%57.9%  223.6%
2017-201871.6%-21.6%19.0%  130.2%
2018-20190.0%-3.3%-2.2%  ∞%
Since 2014106.4%64.8%113.3%  39.1%
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