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 More Than Half a Million 2020 Election Votes Didn't Count
Biden's Build Back Better Bill Could Make Union Lobbying Tax Deductible
Should taxpayers subsidize lobbying? A provision in the Build Back Better bill provides a tax deduction for union dues, which fund union lobbying.
Liberal Economists Got the Memo: Build Back Better Couldn't Possibly Worsen Inflation
Democrats are on a mission to dispel any notion that massive new government spending in their Build Back Better bill will let roaring inflation out of its decades-old cage.
In San Francisco and Chicago Crime Pays--Very Well
Progressives' efforts to defund and reform the police has made organized theft very lucrative.
Pelosi's Drug Pricing Offer: Your Freedom or Your Revenue
Godfather Don Corleone would be proud of Democrats' offer to "negotiate" the initial price of many new prescription drugs.
The Other 'Election' Where Democrats Are Taking a Beating
Democrats are understandably concerned about their stunning loss at the polls on Nov. 2. But the election that should most concern them is the one in which Americans vote with their feet. In that “election” Democrats have been losing for years.
Big CEOs for Big Government and Big Mandates
Bank of America's CEO wants the government to mandate green energy projects so big investors can pump in money and make out like bandits.
Biden's Policies Are Creating Jobs--For Robots
There has been a long-running concern that robots will eventually take the jobs humans could and wanted to do. It may turn out that in the Biden era, robots are simply taking the jobs humans choose not to take.
Americans Are Casting Their Votes--with Their Feet
New research reveals which state leads the pack in providing new Texans. And no limited-government person will be surprised at the answer.
The Real Reason Biden Is Going to the COP26 Climate Summit
Biden is going to the climate summit in part because he clearly cares about the environment, as we all should. But he has other reasons for going, many of which are more political than environmental.
Total Records: 1735
