Table 1.

Comparison of Pre-2014 Means for Treated States and Synthetic Control States Dependent Variable is Total Collection Balance; 21 Treatment States, 26 Potential Control States

	Treated States	Control States	Synthetic Control States
	(1)	(2)	(3)
State Simulated Medicaid Eligibility	0.080	0.035	0.102
State Unemployment Rate
2010	0.108	0.094	0.097
2011	0.101	0.087	0.092
2012	0.090	0.076	0.085
2013	0.081	0.068	0.075
State Poverty Rate
2010	0.158	0.173	0.162
2011	0.166	0.180	0.170
2013	0.167	0.178	0.170
2013	0.165	0.176	0.169
State 25th Percentile of Log Wage
2010	9.66	9.71	9.75
2011	9.70	9.74	9.77
2012	9.70	9.74	9.75
2013	9.76	9.81	9.84
State 75th Percentile of Log Wage
2010	10.93	10.84	10.93
2011	10.95	10.87	10.93
2012	10.96	10.87	10.94
2013	10.99	10.90	10.95
% Hispanic	37.0%	24.8%	21.6%
% Black	15.6%	24.4%	23.0%
% HS Degree or Less	29.4%	28.3%	28.3%
% Uninsured & <138% FPL	15.9%	16.6%	15.3%
Average Total Collection Balance	333.08	479.69	330.34
Total collection balance
2010Q1	320.65	426.74	294.39
2010Q2	335.59	443.37	302.04
2010Q3	328.47	452.59	307.58
2010Q4	313.62	448.69	311.91
2011Q1	312.05	442.19	307.31
2011Q2	320.05	459.68	314.34
2011Q3	326.15	465.59	320.93
2011Q3	331.11	479.38	334.29
2012Q1	345.71	479.17	339.22
2012Q2	354.62	496.47	346.49
2012Q3	347.88	488.42	324.19
2012Q4	355.32	519.92	351.91
2013Q1	341.96	519.59	355.71
2013Q2	340.37	512.96	347.79
2013Q3	322.44	509.20	355.15
2013Q4	333.26	535.89	372.28

Table 1 reports the summary statistics for treated states, all potential control states, and synthetic control states. Columns 1 and 2 present means for treated and all potential control states for each of the variables listed by year or by year-quarter depending on the time-unit of measurement for the variable. Column 3-presents means for the synthetic control unit created by matching on the variables listed. The weights for the synthetic control were selected using total collection balance as dependent variable.