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Ketchikan, Alaska vs. Lake Charles, Louisiana

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Health
  14.0% lower in Lake Charles, Louisiana
than in Ketchikan, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Ketchikan, AKLake Charles, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium134.998.7100  26.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ketchikan, AKLake Charles, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.594100  7.4%
Heart Failure89.395.3100  6.7%
Hip Knee Replacement89.597.9100  9.4%
Pneumonia75.996100  26.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ketchikan, AKLake Charles, LAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$21,699$23,281  7.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,346$15,311$16,237  6.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,825$21,668$22,499  9.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$12,766$16,137$17,007  26.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ketchikan, AKLake Charles, LAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%5.5%3.1%  62.3%
2015-201647.3%8.6%12.5%  81.8%
2016-201728.8%17.0%57.9%  41.0%
2017-2018-21.6%14.8%19.0%  168.5%
2018-2019-3.3%-4.2%-2.2%  27.3%
Since 201464.8%47.4%113.3%  26.9%
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