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.
Caravan Orchestrated by Honduran Leftists? (Audio: Interview)
IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews joins WAVA's Don Kroah to discuss the Honduran immigrant caravan headed toward the U.S. border, pointing out that those who don't want a wall on our southern border will come closer to seeing one built if the marchers force their way in.
The 2018 Election: Economic Changes Past, Present & Future (Audio: Interview)
On the eve of the historic 2018 midterm elections, IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews cohosts Point of View discussing the core issues at stake and President Trump's impact on the economy after two years in office.
Democrat Paradise, Economic Armageddon (Audio: Interview)
In an interview with WIBA/WISN host Vicki McKenna, IPI resident scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discusses the economic implications of Democrats’ dream to make ban private health insurance, raise the corporate tax rate, and institute a mandatory $15 minimum wage.
How Democrats and Republicans Are Navigating The Obamacare Issue This Election (Audio: Interview)
In an interview with Janet Mefferd, IPI's Dr. Matthews discusses what role Obamacare is playing in this year's election and how each party is navigating the issue among voters.
Judicial Supremacy, Midterms, & Migrants (Audio: Interview)
In a discussion with Mike Siegel, IPI’s Merrill Matthews touches on how the controversy and politicization of the Kavanaugh confirmation highlighted the enormous powers the Supreme Court has acquired, as well as the latest on healthcare, the midterm elections, and the Central America migrant caravan.
Surprising Polls for the 2018 Midterm Election (Audio: Interview)
IPI's resident scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews guest hosts the nationally syndicated talk show Point of View, assessing with Wade Emmert the political landscape and the latest poll numbers preceding the historic 2018 midterm elections.
Midterm Election Heats Up: Who's to Blame for Rising Health Insurance Costs? (Audio: Interview)
Who can be blamed for the cost of health insurance premiums going up? IPI’s Dr. Merrill Matthews joins WBOB – The Answer’s Ed Dean to discuss how both political parties are facing voters.
Tensions—Both Foreign and Domestic (Audio: Interview)
In an interview with Mike Siegel on Genesis Communications Network, IPI’s Dr. Merrill Matthews discusses the escalating political violence across the nation, the new U.S. trade deal with Canada and Mexico, and the continued trade war with China.
The Right's Push for Criminal Justice Reform (Audio: Interview)
As guest host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show Point of View, IPI’s Dr. Merrill Matthews discusses the new movement among conservatives to push for criminal justice reform with Marc Levin, Vice President of Criminal Justice Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Strong Economy 'Direct Result' of Trump's Policies (Audio: Interview)
On Michigan's "The Steve Gruber Show," IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews discusses 10 economic graphs paint an irrefutable picture of theimprovements made by the Trump administration’s market-oriented agenda.
Matthews on Kavanaugh Hearings & What It Means for the Future (Audio: Interview)
In a discussion with Genesis Communications Network’s Mike Siegel, IPI’s Dr. Merrill Matthews reviews the dramatic events of September 27th’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing’s testimony of Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Ford, and the impact it has on the process for future nominees.
Kavanaugh, Obama and Single Payer Healthcare, Politics in the Boardroom (Audio: Interview)
In this interview with Mike Siegel, IPI’s Dr. Merrill Matthews discusses the latest news headlines of the day, covering the Kavanaugh confirmation, how President Obama has come clean on his support for single payer healthcare, and how Dodd-Frank has enabled shareholder activism to take charge of America’s boardrooms.
Single Payer Health Care: A Bad, Old Idea (Audio: Interview)
Democrats are campaigning on instituting single payer health care, with President Obama calling it a “good new idea.” But the failed concept has been around for almost a century, says Dr. Merrill Matthews in this interview with Vicki McKenna on Wisconsin’s WIBA and WISN.
Even Rich Liberals Are Feeling the Heat from Sanders and Warren (Audio: Interview)
Silly Jeff Bezos: he thinks he thinks he should decide how best to spend his company’s profits. In a conversation with Don Kroah on Washington DC's WAVA, IPI's Merrill Matthews discusses how Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are turning up the heat on rich liberals.
Do Americans Really Want Free Healthcare For All? (Audio: Interview)
According to polls, Americans support the idea of everyone having health care coverage—but do they actually want government single-payer insurance? IPI’s Dr. Merrill Matthews cuts through the political spin to the harsh realities of “Medicare-for-all” rationed care schemes.
Total Records: 704
