Cato on Facebook
Cato on Twitter
Cato on YouTube
Cato RSS1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001-5403
Phone (202) 842 0200
Fax (202) 842 3490
Contact Us
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
"Cato Institute," Encyclopedia of Health Services Research, SAGE Publications, Inc (2009).
"Medicare," Chapter 12 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Medicaid and SCHIP," Chapter 13 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"The Tax Treatment of Health Care," Chapter 14 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Health Care Regulation," Chapter 15 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
Cato Studies
"The Massachusetts Health Plan: Much Pain, Little Gain," by Aaron Yelowitz and Michael F. Cannon, Policy Analysis no. 657, January 19, 2010.
"Obama's Prescription for Low-Wage Workers: High Implicit Taxes, Higher Premiums," Policy Analysis no. 656, January 13, 2010.
"Yes, Mr. President: A Free Market Can Fix Health Care," Policy Analysis no. 650, October 21, 2009.
"All the President's Mandates: Compulsory Health Insurance Is a Government Takeover," Briefing Paper no. 114, September 23, 2009.
"Fannie Med? Why a "Public Option" Is Hazardous to Your Health," Policy Analysis no. 642, July 27, 2009.
Articles and Newsletters
"How Can I Ration Your Medical Care? Let Me Count the Ways," Townhall Magazine, September 2009.
"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
"Obama's Other Massachusetts Problem," by Aaron Yelowitz and Michael F. Cannon, Washington Times, January 21, 2010
"Individual Mandate Would Impose High Implicit Taxes on Low-Wage Workers," KaiserHealthNews.org, January 13, 2010
"Health Reform Costs Government Plenty, but You Even More," Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 13, 2009
"Bill 'Reforms' Constitution," by Robert A. Levy and Michael F. Cannon, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 11, 2009
"Senate Health Reform Plan Prescribes Heavy Tax Dose," Omaha World-Herald, December 2, 2009
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"McArdle on Whether Health Insurance Affects Health," February 9, 2010
"Senate Health Bill May Violate First Amendment," February 8, 2010
"'Father of HSAs' John Goodman Plays Host to 'Father of the Individual Mandate' Mitt Romney," February 3, 2010
"How to Tell When ObamaCare Is Dead," February 3, 2010
"How to Reform Health Care? 'Let Them Have Choice'," February 1, 2010
Events
"Obamanomics: How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses," January 12, 2010 [Book Forum]
"Bending the Productivity Curve: How Would Health Care "Reform" Affect Medical Innovation?," November 20, 2009 [Policy Forum]
"How Government "Competes": Grab Arm, Twist," October 13, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"How American Health Care Killed My Father," October 1, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"What Government-Run Health Care Really Means," July 15, 2009 [Policy Forum]
Speeches and Testimony
"Providing Secure Health Insurance to American Consumers," Testimony, September 16, 2009.
"Why Freedom Is the Key to Health Care Reform," Speech, September 5, 2009.
Is Individual Insurance the Solution?, Speech, May 4, 2009.
" Reforming Health Care in Virginia," Testimony, February 2, 2009.
Avoiding a Health Care Disaster, Speech, January 22, 2009.
Multimedia
"Fed's Share of Health Spending Climbs" featuring Michael F. Cannon, February 5, 2010 [Flash Audio, 06:52]
"Health Care Reform Do-Over" featuring Michael F. Cannon, January 22, 2010 [Flash Audio, 10:58]
Michael F. Cannon discusses Romney-Care on KTTH's The David Boze Show January 21, 2010 [Flash Audio, 15:11]
Michael F. Cannon discusses health care on BBC World January 20, 2010 [Flash Video, 02:51]
Michael F. Cannon discusses health care in the Massachusetts senate race on KMPH's The Rob Johnson Show January 20, 2010 [Flash Audio, 14:33]
Feeds for Cato events: 