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.
Time for a Permanent Solution Resolving the Entitlements Crisis (Audio: Interview)
In an interview with WAVA's Don Kroah, IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews discusses how to achieve long-lasting, actuarily sound reform to the current entitlements crisis.
Social Security Funds Could Be Depleted by 2035 (Audio: Interview)
Merrill Matthews joins Houston’s KTRH to discuss the federal government’s warning that Social Security's funds will be depleted by 2035.
Electoral College Under Attack (Audio: Interview)
Merrill Matthews joins the Don Kroah Show on WAVA- Washington DC to discuss the Left's attack on the Electoral College.
Looking Back on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Tax Day 2019 (Audio: Interview)
Tax Day! Merrill Matthews joins Vicki McKenna on WIBA to discuss the wild success of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, despite how desperate the legislation’s opponents are to pan its effectiveness.
Two Ways to Make the Economy Grind to a Halt (Audio: Interview)
Merrill Matthews joins Vicki McKenna on WIBA to discuss two absurdities: a $40 per hour minimum wage and Sen. Ron Wyden’s proposed annual tax on unrealized capital gains.
Biden, Border Fight, and GOP's Hopes to Repeal Obamacare (Audio: Interview)
In an interview with Mike Siegel, Merrill Matthews discusses the latest news from the Democratic presidential race, President Trump’s border fight, the chances of a GOP healthcare win after the 2020 elections, and more.
The Truth About Medicare for All (Audio: Interview)
Democrats won't tell you about the problems with single-payer, but IPI's Dr Merrill Matthews does in this interview with WAVA's Don Kroah.
Department of Justice Takes Sides Against Obamacare (Audio: Interview)
In an interview with WBOB’s Ed Dean, IPI resident scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discusses the Department of Justice making news this week by siding with a federal judge’s ruling that invalidates Obamacare (read more here.)
It's Back: Socialism (Audio: Interview)
Self-proclaimed democratic socialists are increasingly driving the direction of the Democratic Party. IPI’s Dr. Merrill Matthews joins Don Kroah on WAVA – FM in Washington DC to discuss how the “rogue element” is undermining Speaker Pelosi and Democrat leadership, whether or not it will last, and how it may shape the 2020 presidential election.
Schilling Show Highlights "On the Edge" (Audio: Interview)
Dr. Merrill Matthews joins The Schilling Show on WINA discussing his new book, “On the Edge: America Faces the Entitlements Cliff,” and how imperative it is for Congress to reform the nation’s crumbling patchwork of entitlement programs.
Are Senior Democrats Getting Nervous About Socialism? (Audio: Interview)
The old Democrats are beginning to fear the far-left new Democrats will hand President Trump an easy reelection in 2020. In an interview, Dr. Merrill Matthews joins Vicki McKenna to discuss the off-the-rails proposals of freshmen Democrats, and how unserved Americans would be if the nation’s existing entitlement programs were radically expanded.
Nothing New About Emergency Declarations (Audio: Interview)
A president invoking emergency powers is not uncommon, explains Dr. Merrill Matthews on WAVA’s Don Kroah Show. In this interview, Matthews also highlights four acts of emergency conditions which may apply in the president’s case for the border wall.
Touting GND, Democrats Turn a Blind Eye to Existing Entitlements Crisis (Audio: Interview)
While America faces a funding crisis for its current patchwork of entitlements, socialist Democrats are pushing for an impracticable "Green New Deal."
Democrats Devolving into Unserious, Cartoonish Candidates (Audio: Interview)
Today’s field of Democrat presidential hopefuls espouse such radical fringe ideas, they’re basically “full blown democratic socialists,” says Dr. Merrill Matthews on Janet Mefferd Live. How has today’s Democratic party pitched so far to the left, and does it have any hope of staying relevant?
How Do You Pay for Medicare For All? (Audio: Interview)
On Rick Ungar’s Pod Complex podcast, Merrill Matthews says the legislators who rammed through Obamacare, which caused skyrocketing health care costs, now want to foist Medicare for all on us.
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