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.
The President's Energy Policy Hypocrisy
President Obama can rightfully be accused of many things -- but not a rigid adherence to consistency. As he inaccurately rails against the oil and natural gas industry's "unfair" tax breaks, he's doling out billions to that industry's competitors.
The 'Peak Oil' Argument Has Finally Peaked as States Embrace the Energy Revolution
There is a real energy revolution in the U.S., which means the interest in “peak oil” predictions is, thankfully, on the wane.
Diversion: Obamacare to take from other programs
Research conducted by IPI's Merrill Matthews and Mark E. Litow shows Oklahoma premiums in the individual market could increase between 65 percent and 100 percent due to Obamacare's mandates.
The Most Ominous Sign Yet Health Insurance Premiums Will Explode
Millions of Americans will soon discover that health coverage was never so expensive as when Obama decided to make it affordable.
Because While Crime May Not Always Pay, the Government Does
The government steals taxpayer money to give to green energy; then the mob steals the money from the government.
States Will Play a Big Role in Health IT
Health care is entering the telecommunications age, and that development has significant ramifications for the access, cost and quality of health care. States have not been involved yet, but they soon will be.
Whatever Happened To The Republican Ideas Machine?
If Republicans want to recapture the public’s support and trust, they will have to do it with bold new ideas that actually address the country’s problems. The GOP used to be an ideas machine; maybe with a little kick start it can be again.
Innovation, Not Legislation, Is Reforming the Health Care System
The stuff of science fiction is now becoming medical reality as innovation, rather than legislation, improves the health care system.
Wasn't the Presidential Election Supposed to Be About Growing Jobs and the Economy?
President Obama campaigned on growing jobs and the economy; but in his second inaugural address, he virtually ignores those challenges.
The Healthcare Premium Pattern
Even though President Obama promised that premiums for a family would be lower after his first term in office, prices are actually now $3,000 higher.
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