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.
Election Will be a Referendum on Widely Different Health Care Visions
In the November 2020 election, voters will decide between candidates with widely different visions of American health care, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Defense of Trump's Efforts to Quell Pandemic Panic
Trump tried to calm the public during a pandemic and sound an optimistic note that the country is slowly returning to normal—and the media consider that a bad thing.
Hyper-Partisan Attacks Could Undermine a Covid-19 Vaccine's Adoption
Drug makers, navigating a very partisan minefield that could undermine public confidence, take a rare step of assuring the public that any vaccine they produce will be safe and effective.
Are Republicans and the Constitution Diluting Minority Votes?
As the media and the left accuse Republicans and the Electoral College of diluting minority votes, the number of minority members of Congress has increased dramatically over the past 20 years.
An Easy Way for States to Save Health Care Dollars
If state and local government employees were to substitute more biosimilars for brand name biologic drugs, governments could save millions of dollars in tight budget times.
COVID Death Stats...Inaccurate or Just Misleading?
New information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says 94% of reported coronavirus-related deaths had underlying medical conditions–-meaning that for the other 6%, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned.
The Mail-In Ballot and Voter-Fraud Threat: A Conversation with John Fund
The Coming Blue-City Exodus
While the election isn’t until November 3, it looks like lots of people and businesses are, in a sense, “voting” early—with their feet.
Those 'Food Deserts' May Become Food Wastelands
Grocery stores have often been reluctant to open in low-income areas, creating what's known as "food deserts." Recent large-city riots, and support for them, will likely make that problem worse.
Texas Could Mandate A COVID-19 Vaccine But It's More Likely Your Employer Will
Those “no mask–no entry” signs could be extended to “no vaccine–no entry”.
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