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Fairbanks, Alaska vs. Portage, Wisconsin

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Health
  19.3% lower in Portage, Wisconsin
than in Fairbanks, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Fairbanks, AKPortage, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.287.5100  36.7%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fairbanks, AKPortage, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack108.398.3100  9.2%
Heart Failure77.791.8100  18.1%
Hip Knee Replacement77.193.6100  21.4%
Pneumonia81.496.2100  18.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fairbanks, AKPortage, WIU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,985$22,681$23,281  9.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$12,490$14,753$16,237  18.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$17,067$20,722$22,499  21.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,690$16,172$17,007  18.1%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fairbanks, AKPortage, WIU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%2.7%3.1%  81.5%
2015-201647.3%4.2%12.5%  91.1%
2016-201728.8%15.4%57.9%  46.5%
2017-2018-21.6%54.6%19.0%  352.8%
2018-2019-3.3%-5.6%-2.2%  69.7%
Since 201464.8%80.2%113.3%  23.8%
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