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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Responding to the Coronavirus Crisis and Building a Stronger Health Sector for the Future
An open letter to the American people from 75 participants in the Health Policy Consensus Group and other health care leaders providing important guidance to policymakers following lessons learned from the coronavirus crisis, especially the imperative for greater flexibility in our health sector.
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Liberals: Which 'Science' Are We Supposed to Believe?
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Biosimilars Are Key in Good Health, Taxpayer Savings
Americans are the world’s top users of generics, but not of biosimilars. State and local governments should encourage a wider uptake for their own employees as an important start—and a much-needed cost savings.
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If a shot becomes available, there's a good chance more people will choose to vaccinate without a government mandate.
Will Government Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations?
If the government determines that vaccinations are essential to stemming the spread of the disease, would it– could it–mandate vaccination compliance? Apparently, it can—and it might.
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Was New York trying to send a social justice message that led to thousands of seniors in nursing homes dying of Covid-19?
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