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.
Companies, Sitting on Even More Cash, Still Won't Hire
Companies are sitting on record levels of cash, but Obama’s policies discourage them from using the money to hire.
Ending White House Tours Instead Of Ending Medicare And Medicaid Fraud
I don’t know how much money President Obama thinks it saves by canceling White House tours, but we do have several estimates of how much Medicare and Medicaid fraud cost. Typical estimates put the figure in the $60 billion a year range for each program.
Industry Analysts: Premium Rates Will Continue to Rise Under Obamacare
Several factors in Obamacare are causing health insurance premium rates to rise, notably community rating.
The Most Truth-Challenged White House in History
Even the media are beginning to recognize that the White House and its minions have trouble recognizing—and telling—the truth.
Bad Medicaid Program Gets Worse Under ObamaCare
Health insurance for the poor doesn't have to be poor insurance. And yet that's exactly what Medicaid is. Obama refused to try new and innovative ways to cover the low-income populations. Maybe the opt-out states can.
The Left Wants to Undermine One of the Only Well-Functioning Health Care Programs
Medicare Part D works much better than anyone predicted, which is why the left is out to undermine it.
When Seeing a Doctor Means Turning on Your Computer or Mobile Device
Doctors are increasingly seeing patients via computers or mobile devices, which may actually achieve some of the goals of health care reform.
It's Not Just The Minimum Wage, It's Also The Health Insurance Mandate
The combined impact of a minimum wage hike and ObamaCare's health coverage mandate spell disaster for low-income jobs and workers.
Putting the Truth-o-Meter On Obama's State of the Union Energy Claims
Did President Obama somehow become the most pro-energy president in decades? You could be forgiven if that was your take-away from his comments on energy policy in his State of the Union speech. But applying the Truth-o-Meter to several of his claims reveals a very different administration than the one on display during Obama’s speech.
President Obama's Welfare State of the Union
President Obama has done more than any previous president to expand the welfare rolls, just don’t expect him to claim much credit for it in the State of the Union.
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