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.
Hospitals Are the Big Winners
Hospital systems were merging before the Affordable Care Act passed, but the law has thrown fuel on the fire. And by “fuel,” I mean money.
The Correlation Between Minimum Wage Increase and Youth Unemployment
There is an interesting and close correlation between U.S. minimum wage increases and rising youth unemployment that implies that hiking to cost of labor does cost jobs.
Will MyRAs Succeed Where Others Have Failed?
What are MyRAs and are they likely to be any more successful than existing retirement vehicles in encouraging more people, particularly at the lower end of the income scale, to save for retirement?
Kerry Wants Another Failed Global Environment
If the Obama administration really wants to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions without hamstringing the world economy with costly energy restrictions, it would stop its perpetual slow-walk of drilling permits on federal lands and offshore and give a full-speed-ahead to natural gas exports.
The Economic Case for Permitting Crude Oil Exports
Allowing oil—as well as natural gas—exports would lower energy prices, increase supply and improve U.S. security.
Between 15% And 25% Of Those Who Make Their First Obamacare Payment Could Drop Coverage Later
If the Obamacare individual market lapse rate mirrors or exceeds the pre-Obamacare lapse rate, it will further destabilize the insurance pool and make it even more likely that the government will have to come to the rescue with an insurance company bailout.
Hillary Clinton's dilemma: Embrace or shun Obama's policies
Because Hillary is tied at the hip to Obama and his far-left vision, she can’t afford to shun his policies. But if she wants to win, she can’t afford not to.
Never Trust an Agency Head Complaining about Budget Cuts
Is Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel telling the truth when he says spending cuts to the defense budget means popular programs will be eliminated? Who knows?
The Minimum Wage Hike (Likely) Cometh, But Destruction Isn't Certain
"Even if the current minimum wage increase proposals don't affect your company, it sets a bad precedent," said Merrill Matthews. "A government that feels justified in raising the minimum wage high enough to hurt some companies may soon feel justified in raising it high enough to affect your company."
To Get and Keep a Conservative Congress, Forget Term Limits
During primary season, conservatives are likely to hear candidates claiming that they support term limits. But if conservatives want to take control of Congress and keep it, they should abandon the idea.
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