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Palm Desert, California vs. Ketchikan, Alaska

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Health
  28.8% higher in Ketchikan, Alaska
than in Palm Desert, California
   Insurance cost
Palm Desert, CAKetchikan, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium72.2134.9100  86.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Palm Desert, CAKetchikan, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.2101.5100  2.6%
Heart Failure105.289.3100  15.1%
Hip Knee Replacement98.589.5100  9.1%
Pneumonia109.575.9100  30.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Palm Desert, CAKetchikan, AKU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,035$23,416$23,281  2.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,911$14,346$16,237  15.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,804$19,825$22,499  9.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,410$12,766$17,007  30.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Palm Desert, CAKetchikan, AKU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.0%14.6%3.1%  265.0%
2015-20160.0%47.3%12.5%  ∞%
2016-20179.3%28.8%57.9%  209.7%
2017-201826.1%-21.6%19.0%  182.8%
2018-20191.2%-3.3%-2.2%  375.0%
Since 201445.0%64.8%113.3%  44.0%
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