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.
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Jeopardy: This Country Is Intent on Imposing a Communist Vision
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Apparently, the EU is surprised and concerned that Russian natural gas shipments are slowing. EU members shouldn't be surprised since they were duly warned.
Vaccines Are the Future of Health Care
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Federal Funds Always Come with Strings Attached--Eventually
If you don't want the federal government telling you what to do, cut federal taxes so the feds don't have the funds to bribe you.
Biden's Domestic Policy Failures Are Mounting, Too
It’s not just the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Many of President Biden’s domestic policy efforts have become a mismanaged mess.
Buying Votes Was Never so Expensive
Vote buying used to be limited, secret and with a politician's own money; today it's massive and cheered, and it's done with taxpayer and employer money.
Yet Another Misuse of Vaccine Data
There are a lot of data associated with vaccines. But even good data can be misleading and misused if those handling it are not careful.
Joe Biden: Republicans' Secret Weapon for Retaking Congress
President Biden’s job performance is making him the most serious political threat to Democrats’ election chances in 2022. It’s almost as if Biden is a GOP secret weapon, ensuring that Republicans retake control of the House and Senate.
Voter Fraud Is Real, Just Ask the Dead 'Voters'
As Texas seeks to pass its election integrity bill amidst claims that voter fraud is nonexistent, here are cases that refute that claim.
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