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.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009Stacking the Deck for the "Public Option"By Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareOver the weekend Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) proposed a new tax on health insurance premiums -- about $6 billion a year -- as a way to help pay for the Democrats' health care reform legislation. If anyone wants to know why the government-run public option will ... more »»
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Thursday, August 27, 2009Spending More on Health Than TaxesBy Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareConservatives tend to focus more on tax and budget issues, thinking that's what most Americans care about. But some 40% of Americans pay virtually no income tax. By contrast, the average family policy costs about $12,000 a year or more - paid for either directly by the individual or indirectly in the ... more »»
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009If They Can't Manage Medicaid and Medicare ...By Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareThe health care reform effort would make a lot more sense if, well, it made more sense. And one of the most confusing aspects is the president's contention that health care reform is necessary because the skyrocketing cost of Medicare and Medicaid is killing us.The cost is killing us, but the ... more »»
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009Has the Sleeping Giant Been Awakened?By Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareWithout a doubt, it has. On Friday's conference call to all the Tea Party participants as they prepared to protest government- run health care, U.S. Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) told them, "We are in the majority. Our minority status in the House plus the American people makes ... more »»
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Thursday, July 2, 2009A Two-Tiered SystemBy Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareOne of the most prescient questions from the audience attending ABC's primetime health care reform interview with President Barack Obama was the first one, from Dr. Orrin Devinsky. He asked if, under Obama's reformed system, the president's family needed care that wasn't available in the ... more »»
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Thursday, May 7, 2009The Health Care Equivalent of AIG and Fannie MaeBy Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareOne of the more contentious issues to emerge in the health care reform debate is what President Obama has referred to as the "public plan." What exactly is the public plan, and how does it work? No one knows for sure, or I should say those who know aren't talking. ... more »»
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Thursday, March 19, 2009CAHI Releases New Autism Coverage PaperBy Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: General, Health CareThe debate over how best to help families with autistic children has intensified significantly, and a number of states now require health insurers to cover several autism therapies. But is autism and its growing number of innovative therapies a health care-related issue or something else? The ... more »»
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008Far-Reaching Medicaid RestructuringBy Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareGov. Bobby Jindal (R) has proposed to radically restructure Louisiana's troubled Medicaid program. The "Louisiana Health First" initiative, to be considered by the state legislature next spring, includes the following reforms:
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009Hate to Say ‘We Told You So,’ But...By Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: General, Health CareIn 2007, the Council for Affordable Health Insurance testified and lobbied against House Bill 1355. Similar to other community rating bills, we predicted that Colorado businesses would face significantly higher premiums if ... more »»
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Thursday, November 20, 2008Can Government Reduce Premiums by 20 Percent?Only through creative accounting By Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CarePresident-elect Barack Obama says his plan to ensure universal health-insurance coverage will lower family premiums by about $2,500 a year by the end of his first term - a roughly 20% reduction in the $12,000 cost of an average comprehensive family health-insurance policy.While most health economists ... more »»
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