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.
Strong Protection of Intellectual Property Is Critical to Boosting U.S. Exports (Audio:Podcast)
In this discussion Merrill Matthews and Tom Giovanetti discuss the constitutional origins of intellectual property protection and why it is important for a strong economy today.
Tax Reform Back on the Table...Finally! (Audio: Podcast)
The sweeping blueprint for fundamental reform of both business and personal federal taxation that Congressman Camp introduced this week is long overdue.
Should a Republican President Delay Parts of the ACA As Lawlessly As Obama?
If the president can unilaterally postpone parts of the law, should also a Republican president?
Why is Obama Stalling on Keystone?
Moving forward on Keystone XL may seem like a no-brainer, but the president continues to stall, much to the detriment of the economy as well as moderate Democrats in energy-producing states.
Obama Has a Pen and a Phone, So What Does Congress Have?
Merrill Matthews tells WQSC-Charleston host Rocky D five ways Republicans in Congress can push Obama to rethink an executive power grab strategy.
Market-Oriented Health Care and Selling Its Message
What would market-oriented health care look like and how can market proponents best champion it to the public?
Pushing Back Against an Executive Order Power Grab
The Constitution establishes a legislative process and Congress should defend its role as Obama pushes the limits of executive action.
Could the Obama MyRA Rectify Social Security Insecurity?
Giovanetti and Matthews discuss the only interesting policy idea made by President Obama in this year’s State of the Union.
SOTU 2014: Promise Zones or Potholes? (Audio: Podcast)
Giovanetti and Matthews offer a preview of what to expect the president to address in next week's State of the Union.
Health Insurance Companies: The New Public Utility (Audio: Interview)
Where is the line drawn between offering a “honey pot” to insurers suffering from expensive high-risk pools versus bailing out companies with bad business models using funds from successful ones?
Obamacare's "Shared Sacrifice": Multibillion Dollar Bailout for Insurance Companies (Audio: Interview)
Obamacare's “risk adjustment mechanism” will bail out poorly performing health insurance companies with money from successful companies. Health insurance never became so expensive until government tried to make it affordable, says Merrill Matthews to WINA's Rob Schilling.
Obamacare Bailout for Health Insurance Companies? (Audio: Interview)
HHS plans to open up the money spigots if that's what it takes to get the insurers on board in a last ditch effort to make Obamacare work. Merrill Matthews talks to WWNC's Pete Kaliner.
Lift the Crude Oil Export Ban, Jumpstart the Economy (Audio: Podcast)
Matthews and Giovanetti discuss the tremendous economic benefits to lifting the archaic ban.
Hillary: Too Much Baggage for Smooth Landing in 2016? (Audio: Interview)
Is Hillary Clinton really as much the heir apparent for the White House as the media says she is?
Grand Bargain or Grand Boondoggle? (Audio: Podcast)
IPI's Tom Giovanetti and Merrill Matthews discuss how raising the federal minimum wage harms the very people it's designed to help.
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