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Merrill Matthews

Resident Scholar

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 SuicideExpanding 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.

May 6, 2016

Lots of Conservatives Share Paul Ryan's Trump Doubts

Ryan’s concerns, and others like him, are not about “hurt feelings,” as so many pundits seem to think. They wonder where’s the commitment to liberty, the Constitution, limited government and free market principles that have long been at the core of the conservative cause.

May 4, 2016

The Obama Administration Has A Boneheaded Plan To Put Convicts Back To Work

The White House thinks employers who won’t hire ex-convicts for $15,000 a year will jump at the chance to pay them $25,000 a year, plus another $4,000 or so for their Obamacare coverage.

May 3, 2016

Communist China Shows the U.S. How to Spur Economic Growth

We have entered a topsy-turvy world where the communist Chinese want to cut corporate tax rates to spur economic growth while the Obama administration would prefer to build a corporate Berlin Wall to keep U.S. companies from trying to lower their tax rates.

April 29, 2016

Under Obamacare, Government Is About To Start Dictating The Care You Receive

Now Dr. Government can cut your doctor’s compensation for using an unfavored new drug or other therapy, and increase that compensation for using a less effective but government-favored drug or therapy.

April 28, 2016

The Obama Administration Reneges On Offshore Drilling

The Obama administration’s decision to reverse course and withdraw a proposal to allow oil and natural gas drilling off the southeast Atlantic coast is more about the president’s future than the country’s.

April 26, 2016

What Does California Have Against Veterans Getting Lower Drug Prices?

California has a plan to ensure lower-income veterans pay more for prescription drugs or won't get them at all.

April 19, 2016

Have Minimum Wage Increases Killed "Reshoring"?

Many lower income jobs were returning to the U.S., but that trend appears to have stopped, and workers can thank liberals for it.

April 19, 2016

The Government Says Obamacare Is Making Insurance More Affordable. It's Not.

To hear Obama spinmeisters tell it, Obamacare is doing GREAT! But the companies that actually provide the insurance for Obamacare tell a different story.

April 15, 2016

The Fuzzy Accounting Behind Renewable Energy's Falling Prices

Before wind and solar advocates boast about how affordable their preferred energy sources have become, they need to factor in the massive taxpayer largesse propping up the renewable industry. After accounting for both sides of the ledger, anyone can see that renewables cost far more than they save.

April 12, 2016

A Conservatives' Guide To A Contested GOP Convention

Ted Cruz's strong victory in Wisconsin last Tuesday and Colorado on Saturday means the GOP is one step closer to a contested convention. For conservatives not steeped in Republican convention protocol, here's what you need to know.

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