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.
Joe Biden, Welfare King
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Senator Murphy Needs a Lesson in Family Decisions
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Republicans to Investigate Russian Environmental Influence Peddling That the Media Dismiss
We don’t know if the Russians are covertly funneling money to U.S. environmental groups, or any other U.S. groups for that matter—but it would be nice if we did know.
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The leftward turn of many Latin American governments is yet another reason why the Biden administration needs to end its war on U.S.-produced fossil fuels. Otherwise, the energy shortages facing Europe will find their way to the states.
House Republicans Should Just Say No to 'Revenge Impeachments'
While House Republicans will be tempted to consider and initiate impeachments, they should resist the urge. Better to let the voters impose their own type of impeachment in the polling booths in 2024.
Evidence that Low Tax Rates Encourage Compliance, High Rates Don't
The Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act ironically provides evidence for why low tax rates promote tax compliance.
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Big Government = Big Fraud, and Even China Gets Its Share
Big government that hands out trillions of taxpayer dollars should expect to be targeted by hackers and scammers—and even the Chinese got their share.
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Mark Cuban is bringing his disruptive skills to the pharmaceutical market, helping patients become value-conscious shoppers for health care.
20 Years Later, the 'Axis of Evil' is Bigger, Bolder--and More Evil
In the 20 years since Bush identified his version of the Axis of Evil, the number of countries and the threat level have grown. And it’s becoming all too reminiscent of the 1930s.
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