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Fairbanks, Alaska vs. Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Health
  21.8% lower in Fort Smith, Arkansas
than in Fairbanks, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Fairbanks, AKFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.272.7100  47.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fairbanks, AKFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack108.3102.3100  5.5%
Heart Failure77.7103.4100  33.1%
Hip Knee Replacement77.1109.4100  41.9%
Pneumonia81.4100.2100  23.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fairbanks, AKFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,985$23,603$23,281  5.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$12,490$16,613$16,237  33.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$17,067$24,227$22,499  42.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,690$16,851$17,007  23.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fairbanks, AKFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-3.1%3.1%  121.2%
2015-201647.3%4.6%12.5%  90.3%
2016-201728.8%-5.7%57.9%  119.8%
2017-2018-21.6%29.5%19.0%  236.6%
2018-2019-3.3%3.8%-2.2%  215.2%
Since 201464.8%28.6%113.3%  55.9%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes