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.
Trump and Biden Put Their Egos Before Their Country
Given their age and various legal and health challenges, there is nothing dishonorable about Trump and Biden deciding not to run again. They don’t have to convince the country it’s the right thing to do—the country knows that. They would only have to convince their egos.
The 14th Amendment Can't Stop Trump--At Least Not Yet
The latest effort to keep Donald Trump from running for president is to invoke Section 3 of the Constitution's 14th Amendment which prohibits certain individuals who have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the government of the United States from holding high office.
Donald Trump (aka 'Tariff Man') Wants to Increase Your Taxes
For some strange reason Donald Trump is campaigning on a big tax increase—rather than a tax cut, like he proposed in 2016—to help him win the White House.
The Slippery Slope of Price Controls on Prescription Drugs
It's not about achieving fair prices, and never has been. It's about having the government dictate prices to a wide range of companies and industries. It's about control, not competition.
Making 'Cents' of the Gender Pay Gap
We will hear a lot about a "gender pay gap" in this election cycle. We explain why almost all of the claims are wrong.
Is This Another 'Vote For the Crook' Election?
While it’s unlikely, we can’t rule out the possibility that one or both of the current leading presidential candidates could, in the next year or two, be convicted of one or more crimes.
Comments to NIH Regarding Private Sector Investment in Prescription R&D
Adressing the importance of private sector investment in prescription drug research and development and its relationship to NIH funding.
Joe Biden, Deficit King
Biden wants credit for reducing the federal deficit even as his big spending policies are increasing the deficit.
Why the Georgia Indictment is Trump's Biggest Problem
If Trump were convicted and sentenced to jail in Georgia, he couldn’t pardon himself of a state crime, which means he couldn’t “discharge his duties” as president. That’s when the country would have to turn to the Constitution’s 25th Amendment.
Who Is the Most Reaganesque GOP Candidate?
Ronald Reagan wasn’t perfect but he did a great job of growing the economy, rebuilding the military, and reasserting U.S. global leadership. It’s a good model for GOP candidates to follow.
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