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.
President Bush's Prescription Drug Benefit Proposal: A Good Start on Meeting the Needs of Seniors in Need
Drug Company Profits: Problem or Solution?
The January 2001 issue of IPI's newsletter, IPI Insights. Available only in Adobe Acrobat PDF form (for now), or hard copy.
When the Unelected Rule: Ten Case Studies in Regulatory Abuse
This annual listing of ten of the worst regulations of the federal government, jointly produced with the Lexington Institute, focuses this year on environmental and technology regulations.
Prices, Profits and Prescriptions: The Pharmatech Industry in the New Economy
Would imposing price controls on drugs be good policy for the public, states and the nation?
Should We Tax the Internet?
Whether the Internet continues to be the driving force behind the economy, educa-tion
and even culture in the next century depends to a large extent on what policies,
regulations and taxes —if any —Congress and the states impose on the new medium.
While deciding not to tax the Internet raises several problems, so does imposing a tax.
How will businesses ensure the privacy of purchasers? Would government keep a record
of those purchases? Would an Internet sales tax slow the growth in e-commerce, and
would e-tailers flee U.S. shores in order to avoid the tax?
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