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.
President Putting Together Secret Race Database
IPI's Merrill Matthews tells KTRH-AM one of the things that will be affected by this is Section 8 housing. "Then you'll have more integration and less segregation, even if that segregation is completely voluntary."
Sanders Calls For Single-Payer
"If we can’t repeal Obamacare, the country may be forced into a debate over whether a single-payer system is more efficient than Obamacare, and we may conclude it is," said IPI's Merrill Matthews.
Oklahoma Bars City Fracking Bans
It is perfectly appropriate for state legislatures in Texas and Oklahoma to take the lead in prohibiting city and county fracking bans.
Hillary Clinton Channels China's Efforts to Control Investors
Hillary Clinton and the Chinese government both want to force investors to hold stocks longer. The Chinese are using coercion and the secret police; Hillary only wants to use the tax system—at least for now.
Tavenner Is The Perfect Pick For AHIP As Big Insurers Become Public Utilities
This organization knows something about insurance, and a generous interpretation of its action is that hiring Tavenner is “buying a little insurance.”
Dump The Sham Distinction Between Campaign and Super PAC Money
As long as government is involved in every aspect of our lives, then there will be a lot of money thrown at campaigns, especially presidential elections. Every time liberals try to stop it, people come up with a way around the restriction.
Americans Spurn Obama's Green Machines for Big, Gas Guzzling SUVs
Turns out President Obama’s prediction about American drivers embracing electric cars was about as accurate as his prediction that Obamacare would lower health insurance premiums.
Truth-Checking Obama's Remarks to the White House Conference on Aging
President Obama spoke at the White House Conference on Aging, but what's really getting old is having to "truth-check" all of his claims.
Will Conservatives Eventually Prefer Single-Payer Health Care to Obamacare?
If Republicans are unable to repeal or somehow bypass Obamacare, conservatives may eventually decide that a single-payer system—such as expanding Medicare to everyone—would be better than the Obamacare status quo.
Common Ground: Aging Expensively in the U.S.
President Obama cut $500 billion from Medicare spending over 10 years in order to claim that Obamacare was "paid for." A better option, writes IPI's Merrill Matthews, "would have been to aggressively target Medicare and Medicaid fraud, which could have provided the same amount of savings."
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