Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and opinion contributor at The Hill. He also serves on the Texas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Dr. Matthews is a past president of the Health Economics Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics, the largest trade association of business economists. Dr. Matthews also served for 10 years as the medical ethicist for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board for Human Experimentation, co-author of On the Edge: America Faces the Entitlements Cliff, and has contributed chapters to several books, including Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate and The 21st Century Health Care Leader and Stop Paying the Crooks (on Medicare fraud).
He has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Barron’s, USA Today, Forbes magazine and the Washington Times. He was an award-winning political analyst for the USA Radio Network.
Dr. Matthews received his Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Criminals Crank Up Their Counterfeit Drug-Making Efforts
Counterfeit prescription drugs used to be made mostly in other countries. But the revelation that people are buying pill presses domestically implies the fakes are increasingly being made in the U.S.
Counterfeit Drugs: Losing Your Life Instead of Your Weight
This fake-drug explosion could be a real threat to consumer safety. Patients need to take the FDA and WHO warnings seriously.
Are You Ready for Franken-Earth?
Polluting the air and water is only bad when citizens do it. If scientists are doing it for money, it's research.
Isolationism Isn't a US Option
We might adopt “reluctant interventionism,” avoiding entanglements when possible, but recognizing that some interventions are necessary. But in today’s interconnected world, a strident isolationism isn’t just bad policy, it’s dangerous.
You Better Sit Down: The CBO's Projected 10-Year Budget Deficit
You think the federal debt is high now? Wait until you see these new numbers.
There Must Be 50 Ways to Leave Joe Biden
Here are five ways Joe Biden could be denied the presidency: suspension intervention, defunding by donors, invoking the 25th Amendment, convention showdown, impeachment.
The Most Important Vice Presidential Election Ever
Whether we’re talking about Biden or Trump, their running mates have a greater-than-normal chance of stepping into the Oval Office. That should prompt the media and voters to pay very close attention to those candidates and their records.
Shifting State Populations Send Blue States a Message
People are voting on blue-state policies and mismanagement with their feet, and red states are the winners.
President Biden Says Let the Vote Buying Begin
Presidential elections cost a lot, but President Biden's reelection handouts will cast taxpayers even more.
27: A Number That Should Terrify Both Republicans and Democrats
Highly motivated Republicans and Democrats won’t decide the election. A growing number of independents will.
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