Wasilla, Alaska vs. Worcester, Massachusetts

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Health
  22.7% lower in Worcester, Massachusetts
than in Wasilla, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Wasilla, AKWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.265.8100  52.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wasilla, AKWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack91.2103.8100  13.8%
Heart Failure84.1106.1100  26.2%
Hip Knee Replacement83114.1100  37.5%
Pneumonia82.2102100  24.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wasilla, AKWorcester, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,051$23,950$23,281  13.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$13,508$17,055$16,237  26.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,385$25,254$22,499  37.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,829$17,151$17,007  24.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wasilla, AKWorcester, 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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