This paper examines the impact of health insurance expansion on medical liability costs using the case of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Medicaid expansion. Medicaid expansion has increased the demand for medical services, but in doing so it may also have increased physicians' liability in...

We assess the impact of housing, the availability of reverse mortgages and long-term care (LTC) insurance on a retiree's optimal portfolio choice and consumption decisions using a multi-period life cycle model that takes into consideration longevity risk, health shocks and house price risk. We...

Background In China, public medical insurance has expanded rapidly in the past 20 years. Many studies have discussed the benefts of medical insurance in improving residents' health and fnancial stability, and increasing the utilization of medical services. Less attention is paid to the efect of...