Ketchikan, Alaska vs. Buford, Georgia

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Health
  19.0% lower in Buford, Georgia
than in Ketchikan, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Ketchikan, AKBuford, GAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium134.984.5100  37.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ketchikan, AKBuford, GAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.597100  4.4%
Heart Failure89.399.9100  11.9%
Hip Knee Replacement89.598.4100  9.9%
Pneumonia75.9101.9100  34.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ketchikan, AKBuford, GAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$22,377$23,281  4.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,346$16,049$16,237  11.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,825$21,788$22,499  9.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$12,766$17,137$17,007  34.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ketchikan, AKBuford, GAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-6.9%3.1%  147.3%
2015-201647.3%5.9%12.5%  87.5%
2016-201728.8%17.1%57.9%  40.6%
2017-2018-21.6%43.8%19.0%  302.8%
2018-2019-3.3%0.8%-2.2%  124.2%
Since 201464.8%67.4%113.3%  4.0%
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