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.
IPI Podcast: The Republican Obamacare Repeal Plan
Tom Giovanetti and Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss the elements of the Republican replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act, pointing out several problems in the plan which will make it unlikely to lower health insurance costs.
Congress Should Abolish Wheels-Off CFPB (Audio: Interview)
Dr. Merrill Matthews joins WINA's Schilling Show to discuss why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the most unaccountable regulatory agency in America and that it's time for Congress to abolish it.
Scott Pruitt Confirmed as EPA Chief (Audio: Interview)
Dr. Merrill Matthews joins KLIF's Stinchfield Report to discuss the new EPA head, former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, who Matthews describes as President Trump's "best pick yet."
Why Are Republicans Failing to Repeal Obamacare?
Why aren't Republicans keeping their deadline promises to repeal Obamacare? In this week's podcast, IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews and Tom Giovanetti discuss the problems plaguing the GOP in their effort to repeal the ACA and what their replacement plan should look like.
Time to Abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Audio: Interview)
It's the brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the most unaccountable, out-of-control federal regulatory agency in the history of the U.S., and it's time for it to go.
Putin, Anti-Fracking Movement, and U.S. Energy Exports (Audio: Interview)
Dr. Merrill Matthews joins WAVA's Don Kroah to discuss what role Putin's Russia has to play in the anti-fracking movement here in the United States, as well as the global impact of U.S. energy exports.
American Manufacturing's Future Is In High Tech, Not High Tariffs (Audio: Interview)
IPI's Merrill Matthews joins Genesis Communications Network's Mike Siegel to discuss the main culprit behind disappearing American manufacturing jobs, and the answer may surprise you.
Trump's Major Economic Moves: What to Expect (Audio: Interview)
Dr. Merrill Matthews joins KMED's Bill Meyer Show to discuss not only the direction President Trump wants to take on repealing and replacing Obamacare, but also what could be on the table for spending cuts and tax reform.
What Does An ACA Replacement Plan Look Like? (Audio: Interview)
Dr. Merrill Matthews talks to Brian Estridge on the WBAP Morning News about various Republican proposals that would replace Obamacare.
Trump Shows He's Serious on Repealing ACA (Audio: Interview)
IPI resident scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews joins WAVA's Don Kroah and says President Donald Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to ease the burden of Obamacare demonstrates to Congress that Trump is serious about repeal and replace.
Grading Trump's First Few Actions (Audio: Interview)
Merrill Matthews joins Grant Stinchfield on KLIF's Stinchfield Report and reacts to policy moves from President Trump in the first few days of the new administration.
Policy Priorities for Trump's First 100 Days (Audio: Podcast)
IPI president Tom Giovanetti and resident scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss what could happen in the Trump administration's first 100 days, with a special look at the policy priorities for repealing and replacing Obamacare, tax reform, and immigration.
Replacing ACA: What's Ahead (Audio: Interview)
The un-Affordable Care Act may soon be history. What is ahead for repeal and replace, what are the strategies and processes at play in Congress, and what can health care consumers expect? Dr. Merrill Matthews joins Janet Mefferd to discuss.
Strategies, Processes & Parliamentarians: Repealing & Replacing ACA (Audio: Interview)
Democrats may sideline and distract Republicans to prevent Obamacare from being repealed. Merrill Matthews gives Florida talk host Ed Dean an insider's look into the people and processes inside Congress that Republicans could use to bypass Democrats' efforts to repeal and replace the ACA.
How Democrats Could Sidetrack the Obamacare Repeal (Audio: Interview)
Democrats have a plan to derail Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare. Merrill Matthews joins Chris Salcedo on WBAP to discuss what they're up to. Plus, the next challenge for conservatives is turning big cities red.
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