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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Tax Avoidance Is Patriotic
Tax avoidance is not a global problem. It’s a tool for fighting big-spending liberals.
Ooops! Apparently CBO Made a $136 Billion Obamacare 'Boo-Boo'
Surprise! The Congressional Budget Office now says that Obamacare will cost a whole lot more than the government and our president predicted.
Popular HSA Plans Face An Obamacare Death Sentence
Merrill Matthews, a longtime HSA supporter, said the “qualified health plan” rules issued by the administration in early 2013 were “great news” and that HSA plans could end up being the favorite option in ObamaCare exchanges. Now it appears as though the administration has succeeded in quietly killing off HSAs, at least in the individual market.
Why Are Prescription Drugs So Expensive? Blame A Lack of Competition
There are four reasons why prescription drugs have become so pricey.
San Jose Paper's Howler: Jerry Brown Is Notoriously Frugal
Jerry Brown is frugal — "notoriously" so — in making productive resources of people who want to work available to California's employers. No wonder Dr. Merrill Matthews at the Institute for Policy Innovation is so pleased for his home state of Texas today.
The California Governor's Plan to Create More Jobs in Texas
The governor doing more than anyone to create Texas jobs is Jerry Brown.
Obamacare Turns Six Years Old, Still Gets A Big Fat F
The Affordable Care Act has turned six and not one of President Obama’s vaunted promises has come true—not one.
SCOTUS Nominee A Predictable Liberal
What the president was subtly alluding to in his carefully worded statement is that Garland is a moderate liberal, not an ideologue, and thus hinting at the possibility that Garland just might be a liberal “swing vote.” That’s a justice who occasionally crosses over to vote with the opposing ideological side. Don’t hold your breath.
Donald Trump's Meeting with the Washington Post Editorial Board Was A Rambling Mess
Does Trump’s policy ignorance make any difference? I shudder to think what it will look like if—or when—he engages in one-on-one debates with Hillary Clinton.
Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders Are Winning the Fundraising Race
"The notion that you go in with a plurality, therefore you deserve the nomination is just flat wrong", said Merrill Matthews, who is a resident scholar at the Institute for Policy Innovation in Dallas.
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