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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.
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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
"US Healthcare: What Hath Obama Wrought?," Diplomat Magazine, May 2010.
"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.
Opinion and Commentary
"Do the Math — Obamacare Would Increase Deficits by $59 Billion," Fox News (Online), March 20, 2010
"Innovation Best Alternative to Obamacare," Orange County Register, March 19, 2010
"ObamaCare: An Ugly Process, and It Will Only Get Uglier," TownHall.com, March 18, 2010
"Obama's Health Care Myths Exposed," AOL News, March 17, 2010
"Would Obamacare End Corruption -- or Expand It?," Daily Caller, March 11, 2010
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Pacific Legal Foundation Files Suit against ObamaCare's Individual Mandate," July 26, 2010
"ObamaCare Remains Unpopular, or Round Two of My Exchange with Maggie Mahar," July 26, 2010
"Investors: Fear the Process That Gave Us ObamaCare, Not Efforts to Repeal It," July 23, 2010
"The 'Public Option' Is Back," July 22, 2010
"A Response to Gruber on RomneyCare & Health Care Costs," July 21, 2010
Events
"Would Universal Coverage Improve Health?," March 25, 2010 [Policy Forum]
"Health Care Reform: The Way Forward," March 22, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"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]
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
Michael F. Cannon discusses Obamacare on AFR's Nothing but Truth July 7, 2010 [Flash Audio, 11:57]
Michael F. Cannon parses ObamaCare. July 1, 2010 [Flash Video, 08:01]
Michael F. Cannon discusses Obamacare on USRN's The Lou Dobbs Show July 1, 2010 [Flash Audio, 08:06]
Michael F. Cannon discusses Obamacare on TRN's The Savage Nation May 17, 2010 [Flash Audio, 06:54]
Michael F. Cannon discusses Obamacare on C-SPAN 2's coverage of Cato's Policy Day May 14, 2010 [Flash Video, 05:33]
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