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Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) was applied to balance observed covariates between TM beneficiaries with and without Medigap.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Principal Findings<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our sample comprised 16,619 TM beneficiaries with and without Medigap. After applying IPTW, TM beneficiaries with and without Medigap were well balanced across observed covariates. TM beneficiaries with Medigap had $1062 (346\u20131779) higher annual Medicare spending than TM beneficiaries without Medigap. Higher spending among Medigap enrollees was primarily driven by outpatient visits ($453 [148\u2013758]) and prescription drugs ($572 [223\u2013921]). However, Medigap coverage was not consistently associated with greater use of either high\u2010value or low\u2010value services. Among high\u2010value services, TM beneficiaries with Medigap had higher utilization of age\u2010appropriate colorectal cancer screening (1.4 [0.7\u20132.0] percentage points) and influenza vaccination (1.5 [0.3\u20132.6]), but lower use of HbA1c measurement (\u22122.8 [\u22124.7, \u22121.0]). Among low\u2010value services, TM beneficiaries with Medigap had greater use of prostate cancer screening (6.4 [0.5\u201312.2]) and nonsteroidal anti\u2010inflammatory drug use for hypertension, heart failure, or kidney disease (3.2 [2.1\u20134.4]), but lower use of age\u2010appropriate colorectal cancer screening (\u22124.2 [\u22125.1, \u22123.3]) and opioid prescriptions for back pain (\u22126.2 [\u22128.3, \u22124.2]). No significant differences were observed in the remaining services.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Medigap coverage is associated with higher health care spending among TM beneficiaries, but does not consistently promote high\u2010 or low\u2010value care. These findings highlight the need for policy reforms that provide incentives to supplemental insurance plans to encourage evidence\u2010based service use and discourage spending on unnecessary care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/1475-6773.70091","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,17]],"date-time":"2026-02-17T10:55:48Z","timestamp":1771325748000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Use of High\u2010 and Low\u2010Value Care Among Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries With and Without Medigap"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"61","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7546-9685","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sungchul","family":"Park","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Policy and Management College of Health Science, Korea University  Seoul South Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A. 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