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Fairbanks, Alaska vs. Houston, Texas

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Health
  18.4% lower in Houston, Texas
than in Fairbanks, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Fairbanks, AKHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.275.4100  45.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fairbanks, AKHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack108.3106.5100  1.7%
Heart Failure77.7112.9100  45.3%
Hip Knee Replacement77.1103.2100  33.9%
Pneumonia81.4124.1100  52.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fairbanks, AKHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,985$24,565$23,281  1.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$12,490$18,146$16,237  45.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$17,067$22,855$22,499  33.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,690$20,870$17,007  52.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fairbanks, AKHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%3.2%3.1%  78.1%
2015-201647.3%5.1%12.5%  89.2%
2016-201728.8%19.0%57.9%  34.0%
2017-2018-21.6%35.6%19.0%  264.8%
2018-2019-3.3%2.3%-2.2%  169.7%
Since 201464.8%79.0%113.3%  21.9%
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