Michael F. Cannon
Director of Health Policy Studies
Cato Institute
Michael F. Cannon
Director of Health Policy Studies
Cato Institute
Michael F. Cannon is the Cato Institute’s director of health policy studies. Cannon has been described as “an influential health-care wonk” (Washington Post), “ObamaCare’s single most relentless antagonist” ( New Republic), “ObamaCare’s fiercest critic” (The Week), and “the intellectual father” of King v. Burwell (Modern Healthcare). He has appeared on ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, C-SPAN, Fox News Channel, and NPR. His articles have been featured in the Wall Street Journal; the New York Times; USA Today; the Washington Post; the Los Angeles Times; the New York Post; the Chicago Tribune; the Chicago Sun-Times; the San Francisco Chronicle;SCOTUSBlog; Huffington Post; Forum for Health Economics and Policy; JAMA Internal Medicine; Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine; Harvard Health Policy Review; the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics; and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Cannon is the coeditor of Replacing Obamacare: The Cato Institute on Health Care Reform and coauthor of Healthy Competition: What’s Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It. Previously, he served as a domestic policy analyst for the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee, where he advised the Senate leadership on health, education, labor, welfare, and the Second Amendment.
He holds a BA in American government from the University of Virginia, and an MA in economics and a JM in law and economics from George Mason University. He is a member of the Board of Advisors of Harvard Health Policy Review.
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Contributions
Explainer Episode 65 – Reviewing Michael Cannon’s Book “Recovery”
In this RTP explainer episode 65, we are joined by Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, and Christina Sandefur, Executive Vice President of the Goldwater Institute to discuss Michael Cannon’s new book, Recovery.
Listen to this podcastExplainer Episode 45 – Telehealth & COVID-19
Health policy experts join us to discuss telehealth regulation – what it is, what happened to it during COVID-19, and what the opportunities and barriers are for future telehealth innovation.
Listen to this podcastExplainer Episode 41 – Government Obstacles to Over The Counter Medicines
In this podcast, health policy experts discuss the role that the federal government plays in requiring prescriptions for medicines.
Listen to this podcastExplainer Episode 39 – Tax Exclusions for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
In this episode, Michael F. Cannon explains why he views the federal income tax exclusion of employer-sponsored health insurance as an “accident of history.”
Listen to this podcastDeep Dive Episode 209 – Who Should Decide Whether Drugs Are Available Over-The-Counter or by Prescription?
Michael Cannon, Joshua Sharfstein, and moderator Dan Troy debated who should decide which drugs require prescriptions.
Listen to this podcastWho Should Decide Whether Drugs Are Available Over-The-Counter or by Prescription?
Michael Cannon, Joshua Sharfstein, and moderator Dan Troy debated who should decide which drugs require prescriptions.
Watch this videoDeep Dive Episode 133 – Medicare for All? A National Single-Payer v. Private Payer Insurance Debate
On September 22, the Federalist Society’s Villanova Student Chapter co-sponsored a debate on Medicare for All with the Villanova Law Health Law Society.
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