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.
Good Luck Trying To Figure Out What Ben Carson's Health Care Plan Is
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is doing well in the polls despite the fact that he frequently comes up with half-thought-out policy proposals. The latest example is his health care reform plan.
How Three Texas Counties Are Battling Income Inequality and Winning
The primary issue for 2016 Democratic presidential candidates appears to be economic inequality—both income and wealth. They have two solutions: raise the minimum wage and redistribute wealth. The far better solution, both for individuals and the economy, would be to let lower-income workers create and accumulate wealth.
A Quick and Easy Way to Reduce Income Inequality
The best way to address the problem of income inequality is to ensure that lower-income workers can accumulate wealth, and the best way to do that is to replace Social Security with personal retirement accounts.
Here's The Single Best Way To Counter Iran Without Going to War
With sanctions relief from the nuclear agreement, Iran will be trying to produce and sell even more oil. In that case, the least the president could do is let the U.S. compete against Iranian exports, perhaps mitigating Iran’s efforts to fund its political mischief.
A Viable, Affordable Alternative To Obamacare
This costs much less than Obamacare—at least if you do not qualify for, or refuse to accept, a federal subsidy to help pay the premiums. If you take this route, you would have the satisfaction of politely telling Obama what he can do with his health insurance mandate.
Reduce Trade Deficit by Ending Crude Oil Export Ban
Removing the ban on U.S. crude oil exports is one sure way to dramatically lower the balance of trade deficit for years to come.
Assisted-Suicide Laws Lower the Overall Quality of American Medicine
There is widespread concern that embracing physician-assisted suicide will change the culture of medicine and the nature of the doctor-patient relationship, as well as undermine the country’s longstanding value for the sanctity of life. Before more states take such a step, they should strongly weigh several questions.
The Minimum Wage Is a Price-Control Debate
Minimum wage legislation is just another form of price controls. Most economists understand why price controls don't work, but many people forget those principles with respect to the minimum wage.
What Is a Democratic Socialist?
Bernie Sanders claims to be a "democratic socialist." Fortunately the group Democratic Socialists of America can tell us what that means.
California's New Fair Pay Act Says the State Is Closed For Business
This law slaps a big red target screaming “sue me!” on the backs of California’s largest corporations—because they have the deepest pockets to raid.
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