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.
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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Tuesday, January 15, 2008Success in Government Expansion of Health Care? Keep Looking!States, cities, afflicted with overruns Filed As: Health CareCan anyone explain this to me? Cities, states and even several presidential candidates all appear to believe that sweeping health care reform, which includes covering most or all of the uninsured, is both doable and affordable. Hence, all the health care reform rumblings in the ... more »»
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Thursday, December 13, 2007Buying Insurance Across State LinesFiled As: Health CareThe health-insurance market can be divided into three segments. The first consists of mostly large employers, with self-funded plans, and are regulated by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and thus not subject to state regulation. The two remaining segments of the ... more »»
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Saturday, November 10, 2007Step 1: Error. Step 2. Fix it. See step 1Florida to increase problem-causing intervention Filed As: Health CareThe Miami Herald reports that 25 percent of Floridians are uninsured. The story goes on to say that state Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty led a panel last Friday to consider the state's options in addressing the problem. Recommendations to be considered, according to the Herald, include an ... more »»
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Thursday, November 8, 2007Not Learning in New JerseyThe problems with Guaranteed Issue Filed As: Health CareIt appears that New Jersey legislators are getting concerned about the decline in employer-provided health insurance in the Garden State. And the legislative wizards have decided that the reason is the high cost of health insurance. The president of a liberal state-based NJ think tank, Jon Shure, ... more »»
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007Can't Find Insurance?Filed As: Health CareYou probably saw that supporters of universal coverage in Massachusetts now claim that lower-income workers can't afford the health insurance or the penalties the state is imposing on them and so the state is exempting them.But wait, weren't we told that the only way to stop cost-shifting from ... more »»
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007Wisconsin DuplicityA two-tier system built into law Filed As: Health CareStop the presses! We have discovered some political duplicity. Wisconsin Senate Democrats pushed through legislation that would provide health coverage for every Wisconsinite under age 65. The Wall Street Journal recently editorialized that the bill would cost an estimated $15.2 billion -- which is ... more »»
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Monday, June 25, 2007We'll Destroy Your Job? No Big Deal!Filed As: Health CareLooking for work? That "First Lady" was Hillary Clinton. The quote is pulled from a Wall Street Journal story from November 17, 1993. The ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007Looking to Stand in Line?Goal in UK: "Only" an 18-week wait Filed As: Health CareAs the media and some politicians -- and especially filmmaker Michael Moore -- keep trying to extol the joys of government-run health care systems, we feel it is our duty to keep you informed about those systems. The following story in London's more »»
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007Debating Robert MoffitShould states require residents to purchase health insurance? Filed As: Health CareLast week the San Diego Union Tribune published a debate, on whether the government should require people to buy health insurance. I am the author of the "con" position. The debate will likely appear in ... more »»
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