Ketchikan, Alaska vs. Vancouver, Washington

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Health
  21.7% lower in Vancouver, Washington
than in Ketchikan, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Ketchikan, AKVancouver, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium134.987.7100  35.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ketchikan, AKVancouver, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.593.8100  7.6%
Heart Failure89.393.8100  5.0%
Hip Knee Replacement89.579.3100  11.4%
Pneumonia75.996.8100  27.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ketchikan, AKVancouver, WAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$21,652$23,281  7.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,346$15,064$16,237  5.0%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,825$17,561$22,499  11.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$12,766$16,286$17,007  27.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ketchikan, AKVancouver, WAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-17.9%3.1%  222.6%
2015-201647.3%5.6%12.5%  88.2%
2016-201728.8%-1.6%57.9%  105.6%
2017-2018-21.6%38.3%19.0%  277.3%
2018-2019-3.3%13.4%-2.2%  506.1%
Since 201464.8%33.7%113.3%  48.0%
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