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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.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: mcannon@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
"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.
"Health Insurance Regulation," Chapter 16 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
Cato Studies
"A Better Way to Generate and Use Comparative-Effectiveness Research," Policy Analysis no. 632, February 6, 2009.
"Does the Doctor Need a Boss?," by Arnold Kling and Michael F. Cannon, Briefing Paper no. 111, January 13, 2009.
"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.
Articles and Newsletters
"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.
"Combining Tax Reform and Health Care Reform with Large HSAs," Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 23, May, 2005.
Opinion and Commentary
"Health Care Reform: Questions for the President," ABC News.com, June 24, 2009
"Is Universal Coverage Comparatively Effective?," KaiserHealthNews.org, May 31, 2009
"Placebo - Why the Democrats' Proposals Will Not Work," National Review, May 13, 2009
"Health Care Reform? Maybe Next Year," NPR.org, May 11, 2009
"Is the Stimulus a Bad Investment?," National Public Radio, February 19, 2009
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Chait Calls Out Conservatives on Rationing," July 3, 2009
"Excellent WSJ Column on Health Care Nonsense," July 1, 2009
"Why Wal-Mart Supports an Employer Mandate," July 1, 2009
"Another Health Care Question for the President," June 27, 2009
"Understating the Case against a New Government Health Plan," June 27, 2009
Events
"What Government-Run Health Care Really Means," July 15, 2009 [Policy Forum]
"To Reform Health Care, Don't Increase Taxes, Cut Them," June 26, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Is This Socialized Medicine?," June 25, 2009 [Policy Forum]
"Cato Institute Conference on Health Care Reform," June 17, 2009 [Conference]
"Health Care University: Which Reforms Are Better—or Worse—than Doing Nothing?," April 14-17, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
Speeches and Testimony
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.
Universal Coverage Makes Medicine More Expensive and Less Safe, Speech, September 16, 2008.
Lessons of the SCHIP Legislative Debate, Speech, December 11, 2007.
Multimedia
Michael F. Cannon discusses health care on FOX's America's Newsroom July 2, 2009 [Flash Video, 05:49]
Michael F. Cannon on Wal-Mart health care on FOX's Glenn Beck July 1, 2009 [Flash Video, 06:27]
Michael F. Cannon discusses health care on WWL's Garland Robinette's Think Tank June 30, 2009 [Flash Audio, 20:35]
Michael F. Cannon discusses a health benefit tax on FOX's America's Newsroom June 29, 2009 [Flash Video, 05:16]
Michael D. Tanner & Michael F. Cannon dissect Obama's health care plans. June 25, 2009 [Flash Video, 05:25]