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CHAPTER 3. MEDIGAP 150<br />

Table 3.10: OLS Estimates of Premiums on HRR- <strong>and</strong> State-Level Medicare Costs<br />

Dependent Variable: Log premium<br />

(1) (2)<br />

Log HHR costs 0.35 0.00<br />

(0.04) (0.04)<br />

Log state costs 0.63<br />

(0.04)<br />

R-squared 0.19 0.50<br />

N 290 290<br />

F-stat on log state costs 251.04<br />

Prob > F 0.00<br />

Source: Premium data from Weiss Rat<strong>in</strong>gs; Medicare expenditure data<br />

from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care<br />

Notes: There is one observation for each HRR where Medigap is offered.<br />

All variables are de-meaned. Premiums are for Plan C <strong>and</strong> all data is from<br />

2003. Robust st<strong>and</strong>ard errors are parentheses.

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