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.
Could Santa's Workshop Survive Obama's Anti-Business Regulations?
It’s a good thing Santa’s workshop is based at the North Pole and not in the U.S. His toy factory might not survive Washington’s anti-business regulatory aggression—especially over the past seven years.
Wouldn't It Be Great If We Could Make Obama Live Under the Same Laws We Do?
While millions of lower-income Americans will be struggling to find a job or get enough hours to pay the bills, Obama won’t have to worry when he's out of office.
Should Food Stamps Be Restricted to Healthy Food Products?
Maine Governor Paul LePage wants to make the food stamp program more of a safety net and less of a hammock. Former Texas Senator Phil Gramm would have agreed.
It's A Wrap: Editorials for the Week of Nov. 30 - Dec. 5
The governors of 31 states, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, say they won’t take Syrian refugees. Merrill Matthews lays the blame for the refugee stalemate with the White House, not the nation’s governors; they have legitimate safety concerns, he wrote.
President Obama Is Dead Wrong
Before Obama sets a narrative that the U.S. is xenophobic, the public might benefit from a few facts on immigration.
Is United Healthcare Leaving A 'Death Spiral' For Exchanges?
The insurer UnitedHealthcare has recently announced that it would consider moving away from the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges due to significant profit losses. If there are significant losses and little financial gains, more payers may consider leaving the health insurance exchanges as well.
Real Reason Governors Are Rejecting Syrian Refugees
President Barack Obama is once again faced with a problem of his own creation. After all, when you sow disgust you reap mistrust.
Trust In Barack Obama's Federal Government Hits A New Low
The irony here is that Obama came into office promising to restore the trust in big government.
Hillarycare Tried to Put Everyone in an HMO, Obamacare Is Succeeding
The Clintons tried to put every American in an HMO and the public soundly rejected that attempt by voting Democrats in 1994; Obama is succeeding where the Clintons failed and the public is punishing Democrats for it.
Will The Government Force Health Insurers To Sell In Obamacare Exchanges?
What would the federal government do if there were a stampede to the exchange exit door? Depends on who’s pulling the levers in Washington.
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