Michael F. Cannon
Director of Health Policy Studies
Michael F. Cannon is the Cato Institute's director of health policy studies. Previously, he served as a domestic policy analyst for the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee under Chairman Larry E. Craig, where he advised the Senate leadership on health, education, labor, welfare, and the Second Amendment. Cannon has appeared on ABC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, C-SPAN, Fox News Channel, and NPR. His articles have been featured in USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Forum for Health Economics & Policy, and the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics. Cannon is coauthor of Healthy Competition: What’s Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It. He holds a bachelor's degree in American government (B.A.) from the University of Virginia, and master’s degrees in economics (M.A.) and law & economics (J.M.) from George Mason University.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: mcannon@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
"Health Care: The Revolution's Mitigated Disaster," Ch. 10, The Republican Revolution 10 Years Later: Smaller Government or Business as Usual? edited by Chris Edwards and John Samples (2005).
Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It, by Michael F. Cannon and Michael D. Tanner (2005).
Cato Studies
"Does Barack Obama Support Socialized Medicine?," Briefing Paper no. 108, October 7, 2008.
"Sinking SCHIP: A First Step toward Stopping the Growth of Government Health Programs," Briefing Paper no. 99, September 13, 2007.
"Health Savings Accounts: Do the Critics Have a Point?," Policy Analysis no. 569, May 30, 2006.
"Medicaid’s Unseen Costs," Policy Analysis no. 548, August 18, 2005.
"Mrs. Clinton Has Entered the Race: The 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidates' Proposals to Reform Health Insurance," Policy Analysis no. 509, February 5, 2004.
Articles and Newsletters
“Health Care,” in Ronald Hamowy (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, SAGE Publications, Inc.: Thousand Oaks, California, 2008. Reprinted courtesy of SAGE Publications, Inc., and the Cato Institute. Copyright 2008. All rights reserved.
"Large Health Savings Accounts: A Step toward Tax Neutrality for Health Care," Forum for Health Economics & Policy, Vol. 11, issue 2 (Health Care Reform), Article 3 (2008).
"Bill Gates Doesn't Need Any Help from Younger Workers," in Should Medicare Be Means-Tested? A Symposium, Center of the American Experiment, May 2007, pp. 11-12.
"Pay-for-Performance: Is Medicare a Good Candidate?," Yale J. Health P. Law & Ethics, Vol. 7, issue 1: Winter 2007.
"Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Five Steps to a Better Health Care System," Book Review, Cato Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, Spring/Summer 2006.
Opinion and Commentary
"McCain's Plan Is Sound," New York Post, October 9, 2008
"Joe Biden's Health Care Whopper," New York Daily News, October 3, 2008
"Still Limits on Second Amendment," Orange County Register, July 1, 2008
"Congress Messing with Your HSA," Orange County Register, May 12, 2008
"Markets Beat Government on Medical Errors," by Michael F. Cannon and Alain Enthoven, American Spectator (Online), May 13, 2008
Events
"Whatever Happened to Medicare Reform?," May 15, 2008 [Policy Forum]
"Health Care University," December 10, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Should the Government Insert Itself between Dying Patients and Unproven Therapies?," September 25, 2007 [Policy Forum]
"Sinking SCHIP: A First Step toward Stopping the Growth of Government Health Programs," September 13, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"The Massachusetts Health Plan: A Progress Report," June 28, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
Speeches and Testimony
Lessons of the SCHIP Legislative Debate, Speech, December 11, 2007.
Reforming Health Care Programs in Missouri, Testimony, November 5, 2007.
Multimedia
"Factchecking the Factcheckers on Obama Health Plan" featuring Michael F. Cannon, October 7, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:58]
"Biden vs. McCain on Health Care" featuring Michael F. Cannon, October 3, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:59]
Michael F. Cannon discusses the candidate's healthcare plans on Radio America's The Gregg Knapp Experience (October 2, 2008) [MP3]
Michael F. Cannon debates universal health care in a forum on NPR's Intelligence Squared (September 24, 2008) [MP3]
"Medicare a Model for National Health Insurance?" featuring Michael F. Cannon, July 10, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:53]