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.
Why Overturning Obama's Legacy Is a Constitutional Necessity
It is important that much of Obama's legacy be repealed—for the sake of the U.S. Constitution.
Finally, Giving the Poor Access to Good Insurance
What Republicans have consistently called for in Medicaid reform is giving states flexibility. Let’s give individuals flexibility too.
On Fracking, EPA Should Stand With the Science
In a piece authored for The Hill’s Congress Blog, Merrill Matthews argues that EPA’s final hydraulic fracturing study should keep the conclusion set out in the report’s 2015 draft, in which the agency said it found no evidence fracking has led to “widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States.”
Reining In The Overreaching FDA
The FDA has a broad mandate to protect the public health, but like most federal agencies it has gone overboard.
Rethinking the Ethanol Standard
We don’t need to eliminate the ethanol industry, just the mandate to use it. Let consumers decide at the gas pump if they want ethanol in their gasoline.
The EPA Will Likely Conclude Fracking Doesn't Affect Drinking Water
The EPA is confirming what scientists have known for years: Fracking poses no harm to water supplies.
Payers Continue to Drop Out of the Health Insurance Exchanges
Five payers have been struggling to maintain profit selling health plans on the health insurance exchanges.
Cold, Hard Facts About the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
If Dakota Access pipeline protesters think North Dakota's cold, wait until they experience the chilly reception from the new administration.
In The GOP Push To Repeal And Replace Obamacare, The Easy Part Is Over
Dr. Merrill Matthews of IPI says clues for possible Republican replacements are in the House bill Price wrote. The plan included expanded tax credits for those who do not have coverage from an employer and a major expansion of tax-free, health care spending accounts for everyone, Matthews said.
Now We Know What the Republican Obamacare Replacement Plan Will Look Like
As head of HHS, Dr. Tom Price will liklely use his own Obamacare replacement bill as the starting point for negotiations.
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