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Table 2 Relationship between private supplemental insurance, selected utilization, and expenditures in the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

From: Is expanding Medicare coverage cost-effective?

 

Medicare only

Private supplemental insurance

Physician office visits

6.7

8.3

Physician office visit expenditures

$415

$745

Prescriptions filled

16.5

19.4

Prescription expenditures

$565

$722

Out-of-pocket prescription expenditures

$419

$371

Insurance prescription expenditures

$6

$333