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.
My List of Democrats' Biggest Lies of 2024. Do You agree?
Lies that could have broad political, financial and international implications required Biden’s closest aides and supporters to perpetuate them and the mainstream media to largely ignore them.
Government-run Health Care Systems Also Deny or Delay Treatment
Many critics of the U.S. healthcare system assert that if the country were to embrace a U.K. or Canadian-style government-run health care system, no one would be denied care. Those critics are either misinformed or intentionally trying to deceive the public, because government-run health care systems frequently delay or deny needed medical care.
Trump's Revenge: Naming Dr. Bhattacharya to Head the NIH
Bhattacharya intends to return to the scientific basics of open dialogue, innovation and verification.
Congress Can Help Poor Texans Get Lower Drug Prices
The overall goal is to return 340B to a targeted program to ensure that low-income and uninsured patients have access to lower drug prices—not a windfall for hospitals.
Biden's Christmas Present for Trump: Sticky Inflation
The Fed will decide in its December meeting whether it will cut interest rates again or, if the members are concerned that inflation is too sticky, hold off lowering interest rates until they see clear signs of inflation decline.
How America Can Make Health Insurance Great Again
Republicans probably can’t remake the health insurance system, but they can reform it by allowing insurers more freedom and giving consumers more choices.
Could Democrats Do to Gaetz What Republicans Did to Hunter Biden?
A Gaetz confirmation will be a distraction and constant headache for Donald Trump and the country. Better to lose this short-term battle now so Trump can win the long-term war.
Is it Time for Trump to Drain the Swamp...in Iran?
There will be no peace in the Middle East until the Iranian menace is addressed. Trump has long campaigned on draining the Washington swamp. He still needs to do that. But he, perhaps with the aid or Europe and Israel, also needs to drain the swamp in Iran.
Be Very Careful When Making Stolen Election Claims
Election fraud does occur, but be careful about attributing to conspiracy what can just as easily be attributed to incompetence or stupidity.
Do You Feel Safer Today Than You Did Four Years Ago?
According to a Gallup poll many Americans say, "no."
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