Merrill Matthews
Merrill Matthews Jr., Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation. He is a public policy analyst specializing in health care, Social Security, welfare and Internet issues, and is the author of numerous studies in health policy, as well as other public policy issues. He is past president of the Health Economics Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics, the largest trade association of business economists, and health policy advisor for the American Legislative Exchange Council, a bipartisan association of state legislators.
Dr. Matthews serves as the medical ethicist for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board for Human Experimentation, and has contributed chapters to two recently published books: Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate (Routledge, 1998) and The 21st Century Health Care Leader (Josey-Bass, 1998).
He is a “Brain Trust” columnist for Investor’s Business Daily and has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, USA Today and The Washington Times. He is the political analyst for USA Radio Network and an occasional commentator for National Public Radio.
Dr. Matthews received his Ph.D. in Philosophy and Humanities from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Friday, May 23, 2008Badger State Crowd OutBy Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareIn 2007, the Wisconsin legislature enacted Gov. Doyle's expansion of the Medicaid program known as Badgercare Plus. As enacted, the law lifted income caps for children and pregnant women and expanded coverage for childless adults. The program was estimated to enroll 24,000 people in the first 12-18 ... more »»
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Friday, May 23, 2008Maine Health Plan Produces Tax BacklashBy Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareIn Maine, the subsidized Dirigo Health insurance program has become the target of increasing criticism from Republican lawmakers, insurers and, now, a citizens' veto petition drive aimed at reversing tax increases that were recently passed by the legislature to help fund the plan. The ... more »»
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Thursday, May 22, 2008Minnesota Expansion VetoedBy Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareGov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) wasted no time in vetoing health reform legislation passed by the legislature. In his veto message, Governor Pawlenty cited a number of important factors, including under-funding of the proposed program expansions, government crowd- out of private coverage, and no proposal to ... more »»
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008Florida Plan to Be EnactedBy Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareIn Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist's health care access proposal was combined with an equally sweeping rival plan sponsored by the chairman of the House Health Care Appropriations Committee in a bill (S.B. 2534) that passed the legislature in the final hours of its 2008 session. The governor's ... more »»
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008Recisions and Red FlagsBy Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareThe rescinding of health insurance policies has become a big issue in California, and may do so in other states.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008HSA Uptake SoarsBy Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareOn April 30, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) released its 4th annual survey of enrollment in HSA- qualified health plans. As of January 2008, more than 6.1 million Americans are covered HSA insurance plans, a 35 percent increase over last year and almost double the number in 2006. This ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008Cities and States Usurping Federal LawBy Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareFederal law severely limits state and local efforts to pass sweeping health care reform legislation. But a case now being reviewed by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, regarding a San Francisco law that forces employers to provide health insurance or pay the city an assessment, could change all of ... more »»
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Thursday, April 10, 2008Checking Up on Your HSA SpendingFiled As: Health CareI was one of those "early adopters" who had a Medical Savings Account before MSAs (now Health Savings Accounts) were cool. Even before the 1996 law that created tax-free, but very restricted, MSAs.In the early days before the tax-free MSAs, we got a high deductible policy and the employer ... more »»
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008Banks Embracing HSAsFiled As: Health CareAccording to a new more »»
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008Good Service and Price, not Profit or Non-Profit, MatterNon-profit hospitals not always best Filed As: Health CareSomeone sent me an email last week suggesting that the real problem in the health care system is the profit motive. If we could just get rid of the for-profit side of health insurance, there would be plenty of money to go around.I hasten to add that while this lady was uninformed about ... more »»
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