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.
Incriminating Photo Bad News for Biden
A political scholar believes the controversy surrounding Joe Biden's son could weigh down on the former vice president.
I'll See Your Democratic Tax Increase and...Triple It!
Democrats are calling for huge new tax increases to pay for their new spending while taming the growth in government debt. The past proves we'll get the taxes and spending, but the debt will only increase.
Warren Takes the Lead
Political scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews of IPI says three main factors contribute to Elizabeth Warren's rise in the Democratic presidential polls.
Why Warren Is Taking the Lead
For voters who want socialist policies but conclude Sanders cannot win the nomination Warren is the next best option.
Medicare Has Tried Price Controls--and Failed
Democrats want to impose price controls on prescription drugs, even though Medicare's long history of price controls shows that they don't control spending.
GOP, Progressives, Insurers - All Cast Skeptical Eye at Pelosi Drug Plan
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) formally released her long-awaited drug-pricing bill last week, and very few individuals and organizations endorsed it outright.
Health Care Consumerism Is Expanding, and Liberals Won't Like It One Bit
Can patients act like consumers in the health care marketplace? Liberals say no, conservatives, and new evidence, say yes.
EPA Is Right to Grant Biofuel Waivers
Ethanol has become the epitome of the Washington "swamp." Blending corn-based ethanol into our gasoline no longer improves national security, and environmentalists increasingly agree it’s not environmentally friendly.
Drug Importation is About Politics, Not Safety
Importing prescription drugs from Canada or other countries is no safer today than it was more than a decade ago.Importation proponents used to say “show us the bodies” of people harmed by importation. Sadly, today we can.
Does the Bible Teach Socialism? Yes, Say the Democrats
Democrats increasingly defend their embrace of socialism by claiming the Bible teaches it.
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