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.
Low-Skilled Job Openings Means It's Time to Reestablish Workfare
There are low-skilled jobs that need to be filled; let's fill as many as possible with Americans as a condition for receiving welfare benefits.
It's Not Just Tax Cuts, We Need Spending Cuts
Tax cuts are important but so are spending cuts, and it will take a lot of them if we aren't going to grow the federal debt.
The Preexisting Condition Provision Must End For A Republican Replacement Plan To Work
Bringing back a new and improved high risk pool system as part of a replacement plan would help get the health insurance market functioning once again.
How Obamacare Has Hurt Children
Children's health insurance was never meant to cover women well into their childbearing years.
The Left's Newfound Support for Constitutional Checks and Balances
After eight years of silence and complicity in President Obama's executive overreach, in the last few days the Left has discovered a new respect for the Constitution's separation of powers and system of checks and balances.
Hurdles Remain to Repealing Obamacare
Repeal-and-replace could be a minefield. As Politico reports, smart, politically attuned congressional Republicans are already scared of the implications. But they need to get started immediately to fulfill that oft-made campaign promise.
Obamacare on GOP's Chopping Block, But Repeal & Replace Won't Be Easy, Scholar Says
Repealing and replacing Obamacare will not be easy, says IPI's Merrill Matthews. “The highest hurdle the GOP faces is the potential for a Democratic filibuster in the Senate.”
Seven Things Trump's Win Means for America
Trump's tax plan is one of the most dynamic and pro-growth tax plans out there, says IPI's Merrill Matthews to TheStreet. Trump’s plan includes business taxes capped at 15 percent, which could boost business investment and help grow the economy.
U.S. Carbon Emissions Down to 1991 Levels
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently announced that energy-related carbon emissions for the first six months of this year are down to their lowest level since 1991.
A Positive View of a Negative Economy
The media and the left claim Clinton has a positive view of the economy and Trump a negative one. IPI has a positive view of what could happen to a lackluster economy if the next president adopts the right policies.
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