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.
Comparing Border Patrol's 'Criminal Noncitizen' Arrests Under Trump and Biden
Data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection document that arrests of “criminal noncitizens’ have more than doubled under President Biden.
California's New Minimum Wage Comes with a Pink Slip
California fast-food workers are getting a state-mandated raise to $20/hour—and a pink slip to boot.
What Biden Can Learn from Economic Reforms of Argentina's Javier Milei
If Argentina can return to free markets and fiscal responsibility, maybe the United States can, too.
Is ISIS in the U.S.--and Planning a Terrorist Attack?
Could the U.S. be susceptible to an ISIS terrorist attack similar to the one in Moscow? Just look at Biden's border policies.
Autocrats Gonna Mandate: Health Insurance, Vaccines, EVs and More
It is a hallmark of the progressive mentality that if the public won’t do what progressives think best, they will use the power of government to force the public to do so.
The Left's Newest (Old) Idea: Let's Build More Public Housing!
Government built and managed public housing is one of the worst public policy failures ever, so of course progressives bring it back.
The Perils of Being Trump's Vice President
While several politicians hope to be Trump’s vice-presidential pick, they may want to rethink that. It may not be the boost to their political career they’re looking for. Indeed, it may be an end to it.
Criminals Crank Up Their Counterfeit Drug-Making Efforts
Counterfeit prescription drugs used to be made mostly in other countries. But the revelation that people are buying pill presses domestically implies the fakes are increasingly being made in the U.S.
Counterfeit Drugs: Losing Your Life Instead of Your Weight
This fake-drug explosion could be a real threat to consumer safety. Patients need to take the FDA and WHO warnings seriously.
Are You Ready for Franken-Earth?
Polluting the air and water is only bad when citizens do it. If scientists are doing it for money, it's research.
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