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.
GOP Candidates' Information on Climate Change
IPI's Merrill Matthews gives rebuttals to Democrats arguments carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels causes catastrophic climate change (global warming).
Why Obamacare Will Never Solve the Uninsured Problem
While Obamacare has reduced the number of uninsured significantly, it will never solve the uninsured problem—not even close.
Technology Integration Can Improve Medicaid For Beneficiaries
As the House Energy and Commerce Committee meets today to discuss improving Medicaid, they should consider how states can integrate mobile phones and other existing technologies to increase access to care, lower costs and improve health care quality for Medicaid beneficiaries, said Dr. Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., author of “Reforming Medicaid with Technology.”
Climate Scientists Predict Antarctic Ice Will Melt Even as It Grows
A climate model predicts that Antarctica will melt even as Antarctic sea ice reaches record levels.
Could the Iran Deal Be To 2016 What Obamacare Was To 2010?
President Obama and the Democrats ram through something that is widely unpopular with the public, has ZERO bipartisan support, and the White House must bypass the normal legislative process to claim it is law. Am I talking about Obamacare or the president’s Iran deal? Yes.
The Government Is Robbing Millennials Blind
Entitlements are cheating them out of their money. Fortunately there's a practical solution.
House Subcommittee Votes Today To End Ban on Crude Oil Exports
Innovative drilling techniques have produced a U.S. oil boom, but that economic boom could become a bust unless the U.S. is allowed to export its crude oil to other countries. Today the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power votes on a bipartisan bill sponsored by Rep. Joe Barton (R- TX) eliminating the export ban on crude oil, which would pave the way for lower energy prices, increased energy supply, and be a boost to U.S. security.
A GOP Candidate's Primer of Climate Change Answers
Climate change is one of the media’s biggest issues, and they are likely to make it very hot for Republican candidates who don’t know the facts or give them politically incorrect answers.
The Republicans' Failed Attempt to Return to 'Regular Order'
The Republican leadership promised to return to regular order but failed miserably, making many wonder of the House speaker an Senate majority leader are up to the job.
The Email Scandal Refutes the Myth of Hillary Clinton's Competence
If that call comes at 3:00 a.m., do you want the person answering to be someone who can’t figure out how to manage two cell phones?
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