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.
Jerry Brown, Meet the Constitution
California's effort to regulate the internet ignores the Constitution's Commerce Clause, even though the internet is the very definition of interstate commerce.
Caravan Is a Concerted Effort by Honduran Leftists to Bypass U.S. Immigration Laws
President Trump is sending federal troops to the U.S.-Mexico border and taking other steps to stop the Honduran migrant caravan headed for the United States. It's unfortunate that it's come to this, but it's the right thing to do.
Does Government-Run Health Coverage Have Lower Administrative Costs?
Advocates for government-run health insurance have the difficult job of proving the government is more efficient than the private sector.
Will Californians Strike a Blow for Lower Gas Taxes and Gasoline Prices?
States need to be held accountable for their spending decisions. If they claim they need a gasoline tax increase in order to repair roads, that’s where the money should go. But they won’t do that unless voters hold them accountable, and Californians have a chance to do that in November.
Last Year's Half-Trillion Interest on the Federal Debt
Interest on the federal debt—all of the debt—is now larger than the income tax revenue from three-fifths of the states...and rising.
Defending Her Record, Rep. Marsha Blackburn Claps Back at Taylor Swift
The Institute for Policy Innovation issued a statement Tuesday saying Ms. Swift had bought into the policy views of “lefties” because, according to them, the gender gap doesn’t exist.
Will the Kavanaugh Hearings Help the GOP in Mid-term Elections?
Democratic support for, and perhaps even coordination with, angry disruptors may have aroused enough Republicans and independents — that “sleeping giant” — to get them out to vote.
Are the Rich Getting Richer or the Left Just Getting More Gullible?
Democrats will push the income inequality theme as we move to 2020? But is it really the problem they claim it is?
When Does the 'Affordable' in the Affordable Care Act Kick In?
It’s a good thing Democrats made health insurance “affordable” when they passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010. I’d hate to see how much health insurance would cost if it were expensive.
Taylor Swift Performs Economics and Hits a Flat Note
Taylor Swift is very good at performing, but not so good at economics. There is a reason why there is a gender pay gap and it has little to do with discrimination.
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