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.
Podcast: Ebola, Sovaldi, and the Companies That Just Can't Win
No matter what pharmaceutical companies do, they just can’t win. And why is there an entitlement attitude when it comes to health and drug innovation?
SoundByte: The 'Woodwork Effect' May Cost You More Than Just Your Doctor
For people living in those states that refused to expand Medicaid, thanks to Obamacare, your doctor won’t be the only thing you’ll lose.
Fracking: Not Just About Energy, But Also A Property Right (Audio: Interview)
It may not be long before the Supreme Court hears a case in which anti-fracking laws have impeded property rights by preventing landowners from selling their mineral rights.
Ending Long-Term Unemployment Benefits Helped the Economy (Audio: Interview)
Economic incentives matter.
U.S. Crippled Under $2 Trillion in Entitlement Spending
Could a family give away almost all of its household income and still pay its bills?
Are Anti-Fracking Laws a "Taking" of a Property's Values? (Audio: Interview)
Growing efforts by state and local governments to stop fracking could end up in the Supreme Court because they may unconstitutionally limit property owners’ ability to profit from their mineral rights.
SoundByte: Illegal Immigrants Demand a Voice in the White House
Can't blame them for asking. Truth is, conservatives would like a voice, too.
Dueling Rulings on Obamacare Subsidies (Audio: Interview)
Merrill Matthews breaks down with WGTK's Joe Elliott the “dueling rulings” issued regarding Obamacare subsidies, explaining the Halbig decision’s impact and why the Supremes could agree with the DC Circuit.
The Halbig Decision's Impact on Obamacare and the Health Insurance Market (Audio: Interview)
Merrill Matthews discusses the Halbig decision and its impact on Obamacare.
SoundByte: Supremes May Decide Who Rules in Obamacare Fight
Is it “the word of the law” or the “word of President Obama” that rules? Dr. Merrill Matthews says the Supreme Court may have to decide in the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act.
Wind’s Future As Key Player in US Energy Likely Just Hot Air (IPI Podcast)
Wind energy faces several likely insurmountable challenges to becoming a dependable part of America’s energy portfolio.
SoundByte: Who's Responsible for the Flood of Illegals?
Who’s responsible for the flood of illegal immigrants across the border?
Growing income inequality? There’s no "there" there. (Audio: Interview)
The left tries to make income inequality the hot button issue of the 2014 elections, but the government’s own key index clearly reports an altogether different story.
Merrill Matthews on Rush Limbaugh: We've Crossed the Tipping Point
Rush Limbaugh discusses Merrill Matthews’ Forbes op-ed, “We’ve Crossed The Tipping Point: Most Americans Now Receive Government Benefits.”
Majority of Americans Now Receive Government Benefits (Audio: Interview)
In the wake of the Hobby Lobby decision, more employers may cancel employer-based health care coverage, plus with the millions of new enrollees in ACA exchanges or expanded Medicaid, we have finally reached the tipping point in which more than half the American public are receiving government benefits.
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