Sitka, Alaska vs. Elkhart, Kansas

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Health
  11.5% lower in Elkhart, Kansas
than in Sitka, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Sitka, AKElkhart, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium134.9105.8100  21.6%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Sitka, AKElkhart, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.5101.4100  0.1%
Heart Failure89.379.3100  11.2%
Hip Knee Replacement83.6101.9100  21.9%
Pneumonia85.578.2100  8.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Sitka, AKElkhart, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$23,403$23,281  0.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,346$12,742$16,237  11.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,515$22,553$22,499  21.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$14,377$13,146$17,007  8.6%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Sitka, AKElkhart, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-4.6%3.1%  131.5%
2015-201647.3%15.8%12.5%  66.6%
2016-201728.8%42.4%57.9%  47.2%
2017-2018-21.6%37.8%19.0%  275.0%
2018-2019-3.3%6.6%-2.2%  300.0%
Since 201464.8%131.0%113.3%  102.2%
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