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 Hasn't Your Income Been Going Up Faster? Blame Facebook
Politicians are looking for scapegoats they can claim are robbing us of more wages. But if excessive social networking is reducing productivity, and therefore limiting incomes, that’s one problem government can’t solve.
Pro&Con: Government Isn't Allowed to Impose National Bathroom Policy
Bureaucrats decided to make law without congressional input or approval. Those who gleefully support such power-grabs should remember that any government powerful enough to create new rights is powerful enough to take away all rights.
My Wife Couldn't Keep Her Health Coverage (3 Times), Now She Can't Keep Her Doctor Either
President Obama won Politifact's "Lie of the Year" for his promise that you could keep your health policy; tell that to my wife, who keeps getting her policies canceled.
Shocker: Liberals Discover That Taxes Affect Human Behavior
Liberal nannies raised taxes on sugary drinks to reduce consumption, so why don't they realize that raising taxes on earnings, savings and investment will have a similar impact.
Here's How the Clinton Foundation Measures Up to History's Most Corrupt Political Machine
A cursory comparison between Tammany Hall and the Clinton Foundation exposes a number of similarities.
Wind Turbines are Killing Bats by the Hundreds of Thousands
Environmentalists who think that climate change is our most serious threat have themselves become a threat to wildlife vital to the ecosystem.
If Student Loan Debt Is a 'Crisis,' What Does That Make Mortgage Debt?
Hillary Clinton claims to be very concerned about the number of Americans with student loan debt, but unconcerned about the millions more who have mortgage debt, which raises the question of whether she is only trying to use taxpayer dollars to buy votes.
Blame Government for Ford's Decision to Move Small Car Production to Mexico
When companies are confronted with politicians who impose onerous mandates and penalties as well as the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world something's got to give.
Remember the Obamacare "Death Panel"? Hillary Clinton Wants to Bring It Back
The term “death panel” may seem like an exaggeration, until you are one of those who’s denied the life-saving drugs you need.
Don't Cry for 'Free' Argentina--It's Finally Doing Something Right
Leftists and unions are protesting against Argentina President Macri because he is cutting government jobs and scaling back government utility subsidies—both of which the U.S. should be doing also.
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