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.
Is Trumpcare Just A Lightweight? (Audio: Interview)
IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews joins WIBA/WISN host Vicki McKenna to explain that Donald Trump's health care plan is nothing more than just vagueries and platitudes which wouldn't achieve much. Matthews goes a step further to discuss what real health care reform looks like.
Why Is Reforming Entitlements "Political Suicide"? (Audio: Interview)
Dr. Merrill Matthews joins WIBA/WISN host Vicki McKenna to discuss how Medicare and the ACA can be reformed successfully in a way that boosts the public’s confidence.
A GOP Healthcare Reform Plan That May Not Work (Audio: Interview)
Republicans have been pushing a health care reform idea that is unlikely to work—at least the way the health insurance system is currently structured. IPI's Merrill Matthews discusses purchasing health insurance plans across state lines with WIBA/WISN talk host Vicki McKenna.
GOP Candidates Shouldn't Lead Healthcare Reform Proposals On This Idea (Audio Interview)
Allowing people to buy a health insurance policy available to residents of another state might be helpful, but it’s not a panacea—and it might not achieve anything, warns IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews on KMED's Bill Meyer Show.
As Sanders Soars, the Battle for the Spirit of America
In the battle for Iowa's Democrats, Hillary Clinton isn't doing much better than Bernie Sanders, a socialist. In a chat with WAEB's Bobby Gunther Walsh, IPI's Merrill Matthews discusses the ideological battle for the United States.
Ethanol and the Iowa Caucus (Audio: Interview)
On 660 AM - The Answer's Mark Davis Show, Merrill Matthews discusses the upcoming presidential caucus in Iowa and its policy implications for ethanol subsidies and mandates.
Robert Pratt Reads "Twas the Week Before Christmas: Congress's Festive Omnibus Bill" (Audio: Interview)
Robert Pratt of "Pratt on Texas" reads Dr. Merrill Matthews' clever poetic tribute to Congress's end-of-year omnibus bill.
'Twas the Week Before Christmas Omnibus Poem (Audio: Interview)
Mark Davis, host of 660 AM - The Answer's Mark Davis Show, reads a poem by Dr. Merrill Matthews about Congress' festive omnibus bill, passed one week before Christmas.
Should You Be Able To Buy Junk Food with Food Stamps? (Audio: Interview)
In this interview with KMED’s Bill Meyer, IPI’s Merrill Matthews discusses whether we should be making welfare more comfortable or uncomfortable for recipients in this manner.
Will Democrats Force Health Insurers to Stay in Obamacare's Failing Exchanges? (Audio: Interview)
It is an embarrassment for the ACA if health insurers are forced out of Obamacare’s exchanges because of losses, IPI’s Merrill Matthews tells "Janet Mefferd Today." Will Democrats force the insurers to stay and sell in the exchanges?
VA's Ongoing Problems Benefit Politicians, Unions To Detriment of Veterans, Taxpayers (Audio: Interview)
Not much has changed in the Veterans Administration 18 months after news of its scandal first broke. And while veterans would enormously benefit from having vouchers for private insurance or even be enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan, the politicians and unions benefitting from the status quo make such reforms unlikely.
The Real and Long-Term Effects of the Minimum Wage (Audio: Interview)
Merrill Matthews discusses with WAVA's Don Kroah in Washington DC the real and long-term effects of the minimum wage, plus how not much has changed for veterans in the broken VA system 18 months after its scandal broke.
Obama Kills Keystone XL (Audio: Interview)
In an interview with KLIF's Grant Stinchfield, IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews says it's no surprise that the Obama administration has officially killed the Keystone XL, regardless that phases of the Keystone pipeline have been running for years with no problem, and even the State Department has reported the project would do no harm to the environment and would also create jobs. So can anything be done to revive the project?
Imposing Pharmaceutical Price Controls Hampers Innovation (Audio: Interview)
Dr. Merrill Matthews tells the national Lars Larson Show the many reasons explaining the high cost of some prescription drugs, what solutions would lower their cost, and warns that regulations or price controls would only make them more expensive or ensure they never reach the market.
An Affordable Health Care Alternative In The Age Of Obamacare (Audio: Interview)
IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews tells WINA's Rob Schilling a way to escape Obamacare's onerous mandates and still acquire quality health care.
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