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.
Blue Cities Give the 'Broken Windows' Economic Growth Theory a Try
Blue city riots will be putting the "broken windows" economic theory to the test, and proving, once again, why it is a fallacy.
IPI Opposes IPI: Problems with a Prescription Drug Pricing Index
IPI urges the Trump administration to forbear importing the price controls of socialist health care systems to the U.S.
'Redskins' Is Gone, But Changing 'Washington' Would Be a Much Bigger Job
Given the hundreds of cities, towns, counties, schools, businesses, buildings and bridges that seek to honor the founders’ good deeds, it’s very unlikely the cancel-history crowd will succeed in eliminating their memory.
The Best Outcome in the Hospital Price-Disclosure Wars
President Trump is trying to force hospital price transparency. The real solution is for hospitals to set one price for each service, disclose it and stick with it.
Advisory: The Return of Trump 'Mojo'
How Trump Can Get His Mojo Back
In this op/ed written for The Hill, the author offers some key points that could impact the election.
Is Blue-City Chaos Leading to a Blue-City Exodus?
We know people are fleeing blue states for red states. The recent blue-city chaos may be exacerbating that trend.
Biden Links End of Obamacare with COVID-19
Joe Biden is warning that people could lose their health insurance in a U.S. Supreme Court case but an analyst points out the Obama-Biden administration wrecked coverage for millions.
Ending Obamacare Won't End Health Care Coverage
Concerns that the Supreme Court could overture Obamacare, creating more uninsured in a pandemic, are largely overblown.
The Changing Face of Trade
The U.S. post-war consensus on free trade is evaporating, and it's not clear what's replacing it.
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