May 15, 2008 8:25AM 

# BloggingHeads: Brownlee vs. Cannon 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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If you’re like most Cato@Liberty readers, you often ask yourself, “Self, what kind of artwork does Michael Cannon have on the walls of his office?” Thanks to the folks at [blog​ging​heads​.tv](http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/10982), not only can you find the answer, but you can learn an awful lot about medicine, health insurance, and health care reform.

This week, BloggingHeads hosted a [discussion](http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/10982) between New America Foundation senior fellow [Shannon Brownlee](http://www.newamerica.net/people/shannon_brownlee) and me. Brownlee is the author of the quite excellent book *[Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer](http://www.overtreated.com/home.html)*. (Disclaimer: I disagree with many of the conclusions in *Overtreated*, else we wouldn’t have much to debate.) Brownlee was kind enough to plug [my book](http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&pid=1441272), too.

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