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Merrill Matthews

Resident Scholar

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 SuicideExpanding 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.

November 9, 2017

Pay for Tax Reform by Ending ObamaCare Insurance Mandate

A strong economy — not government mandates and penalties — is the best way to increase the number of people with private health insurance.

November 7, 2017

Democrats Are Suddenly Concerned About Federal Debt

Democrats are raising concerns that tax reform could add to federal debt, but only after their eight-year spending binge that nearly doubled that debt.

November 6, 2017

When Obamacare Costs More Than Leasing A Rolls-Royce

Thanks to ObamaCare, a family health insurance policy bought on the health insurance exchange can cost the same or more than leasing a 2017 Bentley, Aston Martin, McLaren or even a Rolls-Royce. 

October 31, 2017

How Washington Keeps Millions from Being Millionaires

It's good to see so many commentators defending the benefits of 401(k) plans; now if they would only use that energy and those arguments to defend personal Social Security accounts.

October 27, 2017

Democrats Dig for Russian Connection and Uncover Environmentalists

When you dig a hole you sometimes run across things you wish had remained buried.

October 24, 2017

Obamacare Titanic Is Sinking; Republicans Look for a Pail to Bail

Obamacare is the policy equivalent of the Titanic, taking on water and sinking fast. The Alexander-Murray bill is simply a bailout effort, and some Republicans are looking for a pail. 

October 20, 2017

West Wing Reads for 10/20/2017

IPI expert referenced: Merrill Matthews

Regarding healthcare, the Institute For Policy Innovation’s Merrill Matthews writes in The Wall Street Journal that President Trump’s recent executive order to “expand health-insurance options for individuals battered by exploding premiums and fleeing insurers” represents “progress” on health care, but says Congress still needs to act in order to give Americans relief from Obamacare.

October 19, 2017

The Limits of Trump's Health-Care Order

Give President Trump an A for effort with his latest executive order, which tries to expand health-insurance options for individuals battered by exploding premiums and fleeing insurers. 

October 17, 2017

A Post-Constitution America

Today, the left and the media attack a president who chooses to follow the Constitution because to them constitutional limitations don't matter when they become a barrier to their progressive vision.

October 12, 2017

With Sketchy Tax-Reform Details, Year-End Planning Could Be Challenging

IPI expert referenced: Merrill Matthews

If this proposal becomes law and more people go the standard-deduction route, it could simplify tax-return preparation for millions. A postcard-size tax return might have as few as 13 or 14 lines, according to the Institute for Policy Innovation, which supplied an illustration.

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