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.
Five Years After Obama's Economic Stimulus, Most Americans Believe the Country Is in Recession
The stimulus is five years old, and even as the Obama administration boasts of progress the majority of Americans still think the country is in a recession and jobs are at the top of their concerns.
EPA rule for Indian Country Tossed Out
The EPA overstepped its bounds when it attempted to override Oklahoma’s air quality compliance plan. Merrill Matthews says the case is symptomatic of the federal government’s addiction to regulatory overreach.
Republican presidential hopefuls: Tell us what parts of Obamacare you'll postpone
If Obama can unilaterally decide to postpone parts of Obamacare, so can a Republican president. So Republican presidential hopefuls should begin identifying which parts of Obamacare they will unilaterally postpone if elected president.
If Obama Has Evidence of Pay Discrimination, He Should Produce It
President Obama is hawking the discredited claim that there is widespread pay discrimination between men and women. If he has evidence of pay discrimination, he needs to produce it.
Has Obama Violated All 10 Amendments in the Bill of Rights?
How many of these protections to our liberties have President Obama and his administration violated or tried to restrict?
Democrats Falsely Blame Republicans For Their Failed Insurer Bailout
Democratic Reps. Henry Waxman, Sander Levin and George Miller claim the Obamacare risk corridors are a Republican idea that Democrats made better. It’s actually a Democratic idea, and they have made it much worse.
Oregon Obamacare officials could get jail time while federal officials get a pass
Oregon Obamacare website officials allegedly lied to federal officials about progress with the state’s website portal, which has never been completed, to get federal money. Meanwhile, federal officials who did the same thing have never been held accountable.
Obama Isn't Looking for a Reason to Support Keystone, but to Oppose It
The media act like the new State Department report gives President Obama cover to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, but it’s clear he is looking for a reason to reject it.
The IRS Budget's Been Cut, But Not Nearly Enough
Sweeping tax reform that would establish a low, flat tax or even a national sales tax, would allow us to dramatically shrink the IRS.
Ten Steps for a Market-Oriented Health Care System
Congress is looking for health care reform steps to take to replace President Obama's Affordable Care Act. Here are 10 market-oriented steps that will help will go a long way toward increasing access, lowering costs and improving the quality of health care.
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