Wasilla, Alaska vs. Iowa City, Iowa

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Health
  3.1% higher in Iowa City, Iowa
than in Wasilla, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Wasilla, AKIowa City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.2140.7100  1.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wasilla, AKIowa City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack91.289.7100  1.6%
Heart Failure84.197.9100  16.4%
Hip Knee Replacement8382.9100  0.1%
Pneumonia82.298.9100  20.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wasilla, AKIowa City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,051$20,690$23,281  1.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$13,508$15,735$16,237  16.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,385$18,358$22,499  0.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,829$16,623$17,007  20.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wasilla, AKIowa City, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%4.7%3.1%  67.8%
2015-201647.3%13.2%12.5%  72.1%
2016-201728.8%26.3%57.9%  8.7%
2017-2018-21.6%88.1%19.0%  507.9%
2018-2019-3.3%6.9%-2.2%  309.1%
Since 201464.8%201.2%113.3%  210.5%
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