
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.
Defunding ObamaCare: Past the Point of "No Return?" (Audio: Interview)
Merrill Matthews joins national talk host Janet Mefferd to discuss the latest on the effort to defund ObamaCare. Plus, should Americans brace themselves for a government shutdown?
Conservative Principles for Foreign Policy (Audio: Interview)
Merrill Matthews tells KSKY's Mark Davis if conservatives believe that government should have a limited role in citizens' lives, why shouldn’t that principle apply to our involvement in other nations?
Obamacare Employer Mandates Delayed (Audio: Interview)
Merrill Matthews discusses the latest Obamacare bombshell with Janet Mefferd.
Employer Mandates? Never Mind (Audio: Interview)
Healthcare expert Merrill Matthews explains to talk show host Mark Davis the impact of the delayed employer mandates on the rest of the public.
Not So "Affordable" After All (Audio: Interview)
Dr. Merrill Matthews tells KSFO's Brian Sussman and Melanie Morgan patients are feeling the squeeze from ObamaCare mandates.
Working to Restore American Liberty
Candid policy discussion with IPI expert, Merrill Matthews and IPI president, Tom Giovanetti at the 25th Anniversary Celebration: A New Frontier for Liberty.
Disaster Looms for Low Income Jobs and Workers (Audio: Interview)
Merrill Matthews joins Mike Huckabee to explain why a minimum wage hike and ObamaCare spell disaster for low income jobs and workers. Click to listen.
ObamaCare Triggers Increase in Premiums (Audio: Interview)
Merrill Matthews explains to KION's Mark Carbonaro why health insurance premiums are already skyrocketing thanks to ObamaCare.
"Taxmageddon Cometh" (Audio: Interview)
Dr. Merrill Matthews joins the Mike Huckabee Show to warn how a triple tax increase is in your future. Click here to listen.
IPI's Matthews responds to the Supreme Court's ObamaCare decision in a Q&A with WFAA in Dallas
2012 World Intellectual Property Day Forum: The Opportunities and Challenges of IP and Trade
2012 Communications Summit: Jobs, Innovation and Investment--Building Out Broadband, Economic Encouragement Required?
Merrill Matthews on the Mark Davis Show
Merrill Matthews explains why conservatives aren't thrilled about a Romney candidacy and proposes how the GOP frontrunner can win over their hearts.