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.
Our Soldiers Face the Enemy and Then They Face the VA
Instead of the VA becoming more like the private system, thanks to Obamacare the private system is becoming more like the VA.
How the Primary Candidates Would Reform Healthcare
"Donald Trump has released his health care plan after being pressured into doing so," Dr.nMerrill Matthews noted in Forbes in March. "He should have taken a little more time. Though six of his seven points—they aren't developed enough to be called proposals—are standard Republican fare, they are too vague and superficial to determine what Trumpcare would be like."
The Left's Never-Ending Quest to Take Profits from Health Care
The left thinks taking the profits out of health care would save money, but that's only because they don't know anything about the health care system.
2016 Election: 5 Who Win Under Trump; 5 Who Win Under Clinton
Both parties’ front-runners in the race for the presidency say they’ll grow the economy, but their plans differ. So from your wallet’s point of view, who’s better for you?
Obama's Plan To Benefit Overtime Employees By Spending More Of Other People's Money
Once again, President Obama has shown how generous he can be with other people’s money. Usually he’s dishing out taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars, but this time it’s coming from employers—an estimated $12 billion over 10 years.
Healthcare Affordability Difficult for Marketplace Consumers
"It’s a fair question as to how long health insurers can continue to provide the cost-sharing discounts unreimbursed," said IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews.
Obama's Oil Tax Raises Taxes On The Middle Class - Again
Why does this president keep making life harder for middle class families?
Free Markets = Free Trade = Free Markets
Free markets and free trade are two sides of the same economic coin; those who claim to support free markets should also support free trade.
The Courts Just Handed President Obama A Huge Loss on Obamacare
The judiciary just slapped Obama down again. This time, it had to do with the Affordable Care Act’s subsidies to health insurers.
Energy-Related Carbon Emissions Are Declining--Yet Again
Energy-related carbon emissions have fallen once again, thanks to the free market.
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