Table 5. Simulations of Medicare Assignment Rates.
| Raise Reasonable Fees to Level of Prevailing Fees | Voluntary Assignment Rate | Total Assignment Rate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Medicaid non-participants | Medicaid Participants | Total | Medicaid non-participants | Medicaid Participants | Total | |
| General Practitioners | ||||||
| Case 1 (no price response) | 34.4 | 56.5 | 53.2 | 41.5 | 64.5 | 61.1 |
| Case 2 (.25 elasticity) | 29.7 | 50.6 | 43.0 | 38.5 | 62.7 | 59.1 |
| Case 3 (.50 elasticity) | 24.9 | 44.6 | 41.6 | 35.4 | 61.0 | 57.2 |
| Case 4 (.75 elasticity) | 20.1 | 38.6 | 32.8 | 32.5 | 59.2 | 55.2 |
| Actual 1975 Assignment Rate | 18.1 | 42.4 | 38.8 | 33.4 | 63.7 | 59.2 |
| General Surgeons | ||||||
| Case 1 | 47.6 | 53.7 | 51.9 | 43.9 | 56.6 | 53.8 |
| Case 2 | 40.9 | 49.1 | 46.6 | 40.7 | 55.4 | 51.0 |
| Case 3 | 34.2 | 44.6 | 41.5 | 37.3 | 54.2 | 49.1 |
| Case 4 | 27.5 | 40.1 | 36.3 | 34.1 | 53.0 | 47.3 |
| Actual 1975 Assignment Rate | 24.7 | 42.9 | 37.4 | 35.2 | 55.9 | 49.7 |
| Internists | ||||||
| Case 1 | 27.3 | 38.4 | 35.2 | 31.0 | 47.0 | 42.4 |
| Case 2 | 23.9 | 34.5 | 31.4 | 29.1 | 45.8 | 41.0 |
| Case 3 | 20.5 | 30.7 | 27.7 | 27.2 | 44.6 | 39.6 |
| Case 4 | 17.1 | 26.9 | 24.1 | 25.3 | 43.5 | 38.2 |
| Actual 1975 Assignment Rate | 15.7 | 29.3 | 25.4 | 25.8 | 46.1 | 40.2 |