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Fairbanks, Alaska vs. Scranton, Pennsylvania

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Health
  9.4% lower in Scranton, Pennsylvania
than in Fairbanks, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Fairbanks, AKScranton, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.292.3100  33.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fairbanks, AKScranton, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack108.3105100  3.0%
Heart Failure77.7114.9100  47.9%
Hip Knee Replacement77.1120.8100  56.7%
Pneumonia81.4112.1100  37.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fairbanks, AKScranton, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,985$24,229$23,281  3.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$12,490$18,464$16,237  47.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$17,067$26,753$22,499  56.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,690$18,849$17,007  37.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fairbanks, AKScranton, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-1.7%3.1%  111.6%
2015-201647.3%10.6%12.5%  77.6%
2016-201728.8%52.3%57.9%  81.6%
2017-2018-21.6%45.2%19.0%  309.3%
2018-2019-3.3%-15.8%-2.2%  378.8%
Since 201464.8%102.5%113.3%  58.2%
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