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.
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Obama rails against guns when the lives of innocent Americans are taken, but boasts of his efforts with drones that kill civilians.
Responding To Trump's Spasm of Protectionism
Donald Trump’s anti-free-trade bloviating of late might give the impression the whole party has lost its bearings on this economic issue. Fortunately, like so much else, Trump doesn’t talk for Republicans.
Scholar Debunks Trump's Trade Speech
Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s trade policy speech this week was misleading on the actual state of U.S. trade, a scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation said in a Rare op-ed published on Friday.
Donald Trump's Speech On Trade Was Packed With Misleading Nonsense
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How Both Presidential Candidates Could Shorten Your Life
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After Britain, Could Texas Secede Next?
Many Texans can empathize with Brits who went to the polls and said we want our freedom back.
There Are Obamacare Alternatives and Millions Are Turning To Them
If you are ready to abandon Obamacare’s sinking ship, there are some options.
The Supreme Court Just Slapped Down Obama's Immigration Power Grab
Gee, so presidents have to follow the Constitution and work with Congress? They can’t just sit in the Oval Office and sign executive orders? Who knew?
Here's How Barack Obama Could Nullify An Indictment of Hillary Clinton
Could Obama pardon Clinton before she’s even charged with a crime? Absolutely.
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