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Author: Merrill Matthews

TrumpRx could be a gamechanger

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Merrill Matthews

The day is coming when consumers can go online and buy their brand-name prescription drugs directly from pharmaceutical manufacturers or through affiliated online distributors for much less than they are currently charged at local pharmacies. It is early in the process, but the proposed TrumpRx website could become the catalyst for some much-needed changes and health care savings. Read the full article on TheHill.com

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Racial Outcomes in Maternal Mortality (Report Sept 2025)

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Merrill Matthews

This report to the Texas Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was released in September. Merrill Matthews is the outgoing chair of the committee (after 17 years on the committee) and oversaw the hearings and production of this report. Click here to view the report.

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A Republican plan for affordable health care

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Merrill Matthews

Republicans succeeded in quashing Democrats’ efforts to reauthorize the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced subsides — at least so far. Now it’s time for Republicans to put forward their own health care reforms that will increase access to a wide variety of affordable health insurance plans. And that appears to be their goal. Read the full article on TheHill.com

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For many years, our health care blog was the only free enterprise health policy blog on the internet. Then, when the NCPA closed its doors, the health blog stopped as well.

During this five-year hiatus no one else has come forward to claim the space. So, my colleagues and I have decided to restart the blog in connection with the Goodman Institute. We invite you and others to use this forum to share your views.

John C. Goodman,

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