Kenai, Alaska vs. Des Moines, Iowa

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Health
  0.7% lower in Des Moines, Iowa
than in Kenai, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Kenai, AKDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.2137100  0.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Kenai, AKDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.594.1100  7.3%
Heart Failure86.695.8100  10.6%
Hip Knee Replacement89.988.5100  1.6%
Pneumonia88.694.7100  6.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Kenai, AKDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$21,724$23,281  7.2%
Heart Failure Hospital$13,922$15,395$16,237  10.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,910$19,585$22,499  1.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$14,895$15,918$17,007  6.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Kenai, AKDes Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%4.7%3.1%  67.8%
2015-201647.3%13.2%12.5%  72.1%
2016-201728.8%26.3%57.9%  8.7%
2017-2018-21.6%88.1%19.0%  507.9%
2018-2019-3.3%6.9%-2.2%  309.1%
Since 201464.8%201.2%113.3%  210.5%
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