How Wokeness Is Infecting the Medical Profession (Audio: Podcast)
Following up on our recent Zoom policy webinar with Tevi Troy, IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews talks more about how woke attitudes and policies are a threat to the proper delivery of healthcare services, the accuracy of medical research, and admission to medical schools.
Yes, Employers Can Require Employees to Be Vaccinated, But Should They? (Audio: Interview)
IPI Resident Scholar Merrill Matthews joins KMED's Bill Meyer Show to discuss the basis of employee mandates on the Covid vaccine and other health and safety measures.
Vaccine Mandates: Who Can? Who Can't? (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews leads a discussion about whether private employers can require vaccination for their employees, what exceptions might be possible, whether private businesses can require vaccinations or masks of their customers, and other related issues. It’s a great chance to think through the differences between government and the private sector, and to think about how different levels of government relate to each other, says IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
Local Control vs. the State
Tom Giovanetti and Mark Davis (660AM the Answer) discuss the new reality of co-existing with Covid-19 and how this impacts the continuing struggle between state and local control.
Who Is Politicizing the Vaccine? (Audio: Podcast)
In a conversation between IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews, we discuss how the vaccine issue has been politicized by both sides, not just one. And that vaccine hesitancy is bipartisan.
Covid-19: Assessing the Actions of Trump, Biden and the CDC (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews, an expert on health care policy, discusses the relative responses of Presidents Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and the CDC to the Covid-19 pandemic, with contributions by IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
IPI Policy Basics: Prescription Drug Development and the Miracle of the Covid-19 Vaccine(s) (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews describes some of the hurdles of prescription drug development, why the development of the Covid-19 vaccines is such a success story, and what we might learn from this experience. With comments by IPI president Tom Giovanetti.
President Biden Wants to Expand Medicare Because Obamacare has FAILED (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explains that, if the reality of Obamacare was everything we were told it would be, there would be no need for President Biden to advocate expanding Medicare eligibility. And how Biden’s plan will hasten the bankruptcy of Medicare and the impending entitlements crisis. With occasional cackling and contributions by IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
Amazon (and others) Failed at Health Care Reform Because It Wasn't a Disrupter (Audio: Podcast)
Fundamentally, until consumers are in charge of their own health care spending, healthcare cannot be disrupted, and thus companies like Amazon can only tinker around the edges.
Covid-19 and Governments' Response, Risk, and Implications (Audio: Podcast)
IPI President Tom Giovanetti is joined by Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland to discuss the government’s approach to Covid-19, how we manage relative risk, and policy implications such as the precautionary principle.
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