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.
These GOP Women, If Elected, Will Shake Up Congress--and Democrats
If these three Republican women win their elections in November, there will be a “war of women” when they start shaking up Congress. They are accomplished and knowledgeable in areas where our current president is severely lacking: the health care system, fiscal responsibility and the military.
Congress's Long and Sordid History of Handing States Money with Strings Attached
For decades Congress has taken the “carrot approach” to imposing mandates on them by making certain federal funds contingent on states agreeing to Congress’s demands.
Did Ending Long-Term Unemployment Benefits Grow the Workforce?
The Obama administration wants to continue extending unemployment benefits; Republicans stopped them and—surprise!—now more Americans are reentering the workforce.
What Else Are Obama's "Confidence Men" Not Telling Us?
President Obama expressed his “full confidence” Friday in CIA Director John Brennan, which follows yet again the president’s pattern of defending his “confidence men” against charges and revelations of incompetence, corruption and intentional misstatements.
Anti-Fracking Laws vs. Property Rights
The growing efforts by state and local governments to stop hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to extract natural gas could end up in the Supreme Court—because they may unconstitutionally limit property owners’ ability to profit from their mineral rights.
Obama's Climate-Change Action Costs More Than Inaction
Obama will continue to spend significantly more than what he’s already squandered in the hope of avoiding a $150 billion economic hit that will likely never happen anyway.
As the Americans with Disabilities Act Turns 25, Government Policies Help and Hurt
The ADA has helped improve the disableds’ access, even as recent economic policies have hurt their financial status.
Obamacare Architect Jonathan Gruber Tells the Truth Then Tries to Deny It
A top Obama advisor is finally caught on tape telling the truth—and he immediately rushes to the press to deny it.
Here's 2 Big Reasons Why the Supreme Court Will Likely Uphold the Halbig Decision
Two recent unrelated U.S. Supreme Court decisions provide a clue as to how the justices would rule if Halbig v. Burwell gets there—and the news is good.
Note to CBO: Federal Debt Already Exceeds 100% of the U.S. Economy
By excluding intergovernmental loans from its standard debt statements, the CBO is ignoring more than a quarter of total federal debt, allowing lawmakers to hide behind a debt burden that is much worse than it seems.
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