Wasilla, Alaska vs. Boston, Massachusetts

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Health
  25.5% lower in Boston, Massachusetts
than in Wasilla, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Wasilla, AKBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.261.8100  55.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wasilla, AKBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack91.2102.9100  12.8%
Heart Failure84.1101.2100  20.3%
Hip Knee Replacement83110.4100  33.0%
Pneumonia82.2102100  24.1%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wasilla, AKBoston, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,051$23,736$23,281  12.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$13,508$16,264$16,237  20.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,385$24,442$22,499  32.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$13,829$17,153$17,007  24.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wasilla, AKBoston, 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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