Ketchikan, Alaska vs. Wareham, Massachusetts

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Health
  25.8% lower in Wareham, Massachusetts
than in Ketchikan, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Ketchikan, AKWareham, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium134.961.4100  54.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ketchikan, AKWareham, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.5105.4100  3.8%
Heart Failure89.3105.9100  18.6%
Hip Knee Replacement89.5106.4100  18.9%
Pneumonia75.9108.8100  43.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ketchikan, AKWareham, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$24,318$23,281  3.9%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,346$17,011$16,237  18.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$19,825$23,561$22,499  18.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$12,766$18,287$17,007  43.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ketchikan, AKWareham, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-2.6%3.1%  117.8%
2015-201647.3%-1.5%12.5%  103.2%
2016-201728.8%-2.7%57.9%  109.4%
2017-2018-21.6%26.4%19.0%  222.2%
2018-2019-3.3%5.1%-2.2%  254.5%
Since 201464.8%23.9%113.3%  63.1%
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