This paper reexamines the effect of health on the labor force behavior of older men using data from the Health and Retirement Study. Multiple measures of health are included in models of labor force behavior in order to estimate the impact of alternative combinations of self-reported status and...

States have considerable flexibility in determining Medicaid policies such as financial eligibility criteria, subsidies for home- and community-based services, and reimbursements rates to skilled nursing facilities, among other things. An understanding of how differences in Medicaid programs...

Medicaid policies that may affect long-term care decisions vary across states and time. Using data from the 1993, 1995, 1998, and 2000 waves of the Assets and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old Survey, we estimate a dynamic empirical model of health insurance coverage, long-term care...