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.
Why Aren't India and China Opposing Russia's Ukraine Colonization?
Imperial Russia is, once again, seeking to expand its empire. Those countries that were once the subject of colonizing efforts should be the loudest voices in opposition.
Trump Proposed a 'Dreamer' Pathway to Citizenship--Democrats Said 'No'
VP Harris has called on Congress to create a pathway to citizenship for those who are undocumented.The irony is that it was Democrats, not Republicans, who killed the last, best chance to create that pathway, at least for “Dreamers.”
The EU Channels Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and It Won't Go Well
The European Union has proposed taking $140 billion of capital away from energy-producing companies, even as the EU scrambles to get companies to invest in more energy production.
Will Election Denialism Become as Common as Presidential Elections?
The trend of claiming an election was stolen, without any evidence to back it up, may be the biggest threat facing our democracy.
The Dirty Little Cost Behind Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Ploy
Will future college students get their student loans forgiven? It's not in Biden's executive order, but he'll likely propose it before the 2024 presidential election.
Blame Government and the Greens for Europe's Energy Crisis
A professor explains the political and policy errors behind the EU's rejection of fracking, making it so dependent on Russia for its natural gas.
University Endowments Should Be the Primary Source of Student Loans
Here’s a modest proposal: Colleges and universities should draw from their own endowments to provide student loans before that obligation is foisted off on taxpayers.
Democrats' Increasing Disregard for Democracy
Progressive Democrats complain about threats to democracy. And yet, they are willing to disregard the democratic process if that’s what it takes to get their way. Biden’s half-trillion-dollar student loan “forgiveness” overreach is the latest and most egregious example.
Government Programs Have Become One Big Fraud-Fest
How much of America’s $30.7 trillion national debt is a result of fraud? A lot, and it’s growing exponentially.
Look at All the Problems in Blue-State Primary Elections
Red-state election changes were supposed to create election chaos; turns out the problems are in blue states.
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