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.
Change Needed to Make Medicine Faster and Cheaper
It is time to ensure that seniors have the same no-cost access to vaccines as the rest of the population, ensuring they can live out those retirement years without unexpected costs.
Media on the Clinton Scandal: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
The mainstream media now know many of the unseemly facts. Yet they are conducting interviews with Hillary Clinton, without bringing up the campaign’s unethical, and perhaps potentially illegal, actions.
Clearing Up Media Confusion About the Fed's Interest Rate Increases
How will raising the fed funds rate affect average consumers?
Will Kamala Harris Rank as One of the Worst VPs in History?
It is often said that a presidential candidate’s first major decision is choosing a vice presidential running mate. Biden’s first big decision was Kamala Harris, and it’s been pretty much downhill for them—and the country—ever since.
The Keystone XL Pipeline Might Have Kept Biden from Embarrassing Himself
Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have provided the U.S. with roughly the same amount of crude oil the U.S. used to buy—and hopes to buy again—from Venezuela.
Blame La Nina, Not Climate Change
News Alert! Not all droughts and floods are a result of climate change.
Russia Used 'Soft Power' to Influence EU Policies and Anti-fossil Fuel Efforts
Congress must expose any Russian financial shell games, funding schemes and money laundering intended to stymie U.S. energy production and independence.
Did Sen. Rick Scott Propose a Tax Increase?
Sen. Rick Scott's been accused of wanting to raise taxes. He may be talking about a tax principle rather than tax policy. But Republicans have to be careful how they talk about taxes.
We Want World Peace--So Why Is it So Elusive?
Although billions of people want to live in peace and never see the death and devastation war can bring, it takes only one person – in this case, Putin, backed by his enablers – to shatter that hope for peace.
Investigate Russia's Covert Funding of US Anti-fossil Fuel Groups
If Democrats and the media are still interested in finding some type of Russian collusion, maybe they should begin by investigating whether Russia actually has been covertly funneling money to environmental NGOs.
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