Fairbanks, Alaska vs. Anchorage, Kentucky

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Health
  24.1% lower in Anchorage, Kentucky
than in Fairbanks, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Fairbanks, AKAnchorage, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.271100  48.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fairbanks, AKAnchorage, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack108.399.2100  8.4%
Heart Failure77.7104.7100  34.7%
Hip Knee Replacement77.197.5100  26.5%
Pneumonia81.4107.4100  31.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fairbanks, AKAnchorage, KYU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,985$22,894$23,281  8.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$12,490$16,820$16,237  34.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$17,067$21,585$22,499  26.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,690$18,058$17,007  31.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fairbanks, AKAnchorage, KYU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%7.7%3.1%  47.3%
2015-201647.3%-1.9%12.5%  104.0%
2016-201728.8%10.7%57.9%  62.8%
2017-2018-21.6%46.0%19.0%  313.0%
2018-2019-3.3%9.0%-2.2%  372.7%
Since 201464.8%86.2%113.3%  33.0%
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