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Karlstad, Minnesota vs. Fairbanks, Alaska

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Health
  35.5% higher in Fairbanks, Alaska
than in Karlstad, Minnesota
   Insurance cost
Karlstad, MNFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium68.7138.2100  101.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Karlstad, MNFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack105.1108.3100  3.0%
Heart Failure100.677.7100  22.8%
Hip Knee Replacement92.377.1100  16.5%
Pneumonia95.181.4100  14.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Karlstad, MNFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,245$24,985$23,281  3.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,169$12,490$16,237  22.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,428$17,067$22,499  16.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,995$13,690$17,007  14.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Karlstad, MNFairbanks, AKU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201542.3%14.6%3.1%  65.5%
2015-20160.4%47.3%12.5%  11,725.0%
2016-201758.5%28.8%57.9%  50.8%
2017-2018-6.6%-21.6%19.0%  227.3%
2018-2019-15.3%-3.3%-2.2%  78.4%
Since 201479.1%64.8%113.3%  18.1%
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