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.
How Iraq Makes the Case for Crude Oil Exports
The U.S. ban on exporting crude oil and natural gas keeps prices artificially high and opens the door for troublemaking countries with large fossil fuel reserves to wreak foreign policy havoc.
Lift H1-B Cap
A new study from academic economists at Colgate University and UC-Davis shows wages rise fastest in U.S. cities with the greatest influx of highly skilled immigrants.
Worried about Inequality? Then Focus on Helping the Poor, not Punishing the Rich
Merrill Matthews of the Institute for Policy Innovation makes a powerful case for Social Security reform.
Congress Won't Drastically Change The VA Because Too Many Benefit From The Status Quo
At best, all Congress and the administration will likely do—if they do anything—is tweak around the edges.
Who's Up For An Obama Recession?
Don’t look now but the country may be headed into a recession.
Left Wants EPA To Ban Chemical FDA Says Isn't Harmful
The Left can't convince the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to outlaw the chemical BPA, so it wants the Environmental Protection Agency to take over.
The Welsh welfare system is still broken
Despite government efforts to reform the welfare system, long-term unemployment remains chronic, and the current benefits structure may be causing more problems than it solves.
Consumers may find themselves searching more networks for medical care than ever before
States are wrestling with one of the key aspects of ObamaCare: keeping premiums low. But that also meant consumers had fewer providers to choose from, since the doctors needed to be willing to accept lower reimbursements.
Can't We All at Least Agree on One Immigration Reform?
A new study shows that more highly skilled workers increase wages for everyone. It's a good reason to pass at least limited immigration, but politics may trump economics.
If Income Inequality Is Caused By The Lack Of Wealth, Then Help Workers Create Wealth
Replacing Social Security’s financially struggling system with personal retirement accounts would create real wealth for millions of working Americans.
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