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.
VA Scandal Just a Preview of Obamacare? (Audio: Interview)
Merrill Matthews discusses the Veterans Administration scandal with WGTK's Joe Elliott, and says it's just a preview of what we will all be experiencing soon under Obamacare.
California's Medicaid Expansion Isn't So "Free" After All
California taxpayers are now finding out just how expensive Medicaid expansion is.
Which States Are Succeeding in Courting Businesses and Creating Jobs?
States are competing for jobs, so who's winning? Merrill Matthews joins the nationally syndicated Jason Lewis Show to discuss.
What The VA Scandal Tells Us About Obamacare (Audio: Interview)
Americans should pay attention to the VA scandal, as it's just a preview of what to expect in Obamacare.
Recipe for success: Lower taxes, fewer regulations, sane legislature (Audio: Interview)
The business-friendly environment of Texas and other states is drawing in major companies from high-tax, high-regulatory blue states, such as California.
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs (Audio: Interview)
Thanks to Toyota's move to Texas and the energy boom, there are jobs being created, despite President Obama's best efforts.
Huge Questions About PCORI (Audio: Interview)
IPI's Merrill Matthews responds to major questions about an ObamaCare-funded project collecting millions of patient records.
Kiss Consistency Goodbye (Audio: Podcast)
Tom Giovanetti and Merrill Matthews discuss why the change in methodology by the census bureau will make it impossible to determine accurate results of Obamacare. And isn't it curious that this change takes place one month after the enrollment deadline?
Could Obamacare Eventually Incorporate Free Market Reforms? (Audio: Inverview)
Obamacare has morphed into something completely different than its creators envisioned. IPI's Merrill Matthews talks with KMED’s Bill Meyer.
Has ObamaCare Evolved Into a Deal We Could Embrace? (Audio: Interview)
Democrats are claiming the ObamaCare “marketplace” contains plans proponents of free market reforms always wanted, such as HSAs. What’s the truth? IPI’s Merrill Matthews cuts through the spin with Wisconsin talk host Vicki McKenna.
Bloom Coming Off the Rose for ObamaCare Enrollees? (Audio: Interview)
IPI's Merrill Matthews discusses the latest numbers for the health care program with WGTK-Louisville's Joe Elliott, and how many who are enrolled may no longer see it as "affordable" as they once thought.
Ideal vs. Realities of Obamacare (Audio: Podcast)
It's been four years since the ACA was signed. Far from attaining his ideals, the president has had no choice but to inject some reality into the program by embracing free market proposals.
Obamacare Delays, No Surprise (Audio: Interview)
Dr. Merrill Matthews sorts through the latest Obamacare extensions and "revisions" on the Janet Mefferd Show.
Uncertainties of Obamacare (Audio: Interview)
Merrill Matthews tells Chris Salcedo on the Blaze that as the March 31 deadline approaches there is only one thing that is certain about the president's plan--health care costs are rising.
Fans Should Be Free to Resell Tickets (Audio: Podcast)
Ticket purchasers should be free to resell tickets however and to whomever they like through secondary markets, without restriction by governments in collusion with primary sellers.
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