Table 3.
Prescription Drug Coverage for Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries in 2002 and 2004
| Prescription drug insurance coverage in 2004 |
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| 2002 | Employer | Medicaid | Medicare Advantage | Medigap | Other | None | Total |
| Employer | 0.761 (2,735) | 0.010 (47) | 0.075 (264) | 0.045 (156) | 0.048 (177) | 0.061 (225) | 1.000 (3,604) |
| Medicaid | 0.032 (25) | 0.776 (607) | 0.039 (29) | 0.012 (8) | 0.077 (62) | 0.065 (50) | 1.000 (781) |
| Medicare Advantage | 0.121 (121) | 0.044 (50) | 0.662 (656) | 0.043 (44) | 0.046 (53) | 0.085 (85) | 1.000 (1,009) |
| Medigap | 0.142 (117) | 0.031 (26) | 0.163 (109) | 0.358 (256) | 0.059 (47) | 0.246 (181) | 1.000 (736) |
| Other | 0.390 (244) | 0.128 (102) | 0.063 (42) | 0.064 (43) | 0.199 (145) | 0.156 (111) | 1.000 (687) |
| None | 0.084 (186) | 0.037 (102) | 0.053 (123) | 0.099 (198) | 0.051 (133) | 0.675 (1,558) | 1.000 (2,300) |
| Total | 0.383 (3,428) | 0.085 (934) | 0.139 (1,223) | 0.085 (705) | 0.062 (617) | 0.245 (2,210) | 1.000 (9,117) |
Notes: Table entries are weighted row percentages, with unweighted cell counts in parentheses. Source: Health and Retirement Study.