Michael F. Cannon is the Cato Institute’s director of health policy studies. Cannon has been described as “an influential health-care wonk” (Washington Post), “ObamaCare’s single most relentless antagonist” (The New Republic), and “the man who could bring down ObamaCare” (Vox.com). He has appeared on ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, C-SPAN, Fox News Channel, and NPR. His articles have been featured in the Wall Street Journal; the New York Times; USA Today; the Los Angeles Times; the New York Post; the Chicago Tribune; the Chicago Sun-Times; the San Francisco Chronicle; SCOTUSBlog; Huffington Post; Forum for Health Economics & Policy; Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine; Harvard Health Policy Review; the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics; and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Cannon is the coeditor of Replacing Obamacare: The Cato Institute on Health Care Reform and coauthor of Healthy Competition: What’s Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It. Previously, he served as a domestic policy analyst for the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee, where he advised the Senate leadership on health, education, labor, welfare, and the Second Amendment.
He holds a BA in American government from the University of Virginia, and an MA in economics and a JM in law and economics from George Mason University.
FDA Policy and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Duke Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- DukeVirtual
Durham, NC 27708
Legal Challenges to the ACA
Brigham Young Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- BYU341 E Campus Drive
Provo, UT 84602
Missouri Medicaid Expansion Debate
St. Louis Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- St. Louis100 N. Tucker Boulevard
Saint Louis, MO 63101
Is Health Care a Right?
Evansville Lawyers Chapter
Old National Bank Auditorium (4th Floor)One Main Street
Evansville , IN 47708
A Freedom Agenda for Health Reform
John Marshall-Chicago Student Chapter
The John Marshall Law School315 S. Plymouth Ct.
Chicago, IL 60604
Deep Dive Episode 133 – Medicare for All? A National Single-Payer v. Private Payer Insurance Debate
Regulatory Transparency Project's Fourth Branch Podcast
On September 22, the Federalist Society's Villanova Student Chapter co-sponsored a debate on Medicare for...
King v. Burwell: What are the consequences?
Short video debate with Michael Cannon and Robert Weiner
Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, and Robert N. Weiner,...
King v. Burwell: What is in dispute?
Short video debate with Michael Cannon and Robert Weiner
Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, and Robert N. Weiner,...
2008 Federalist Society Tax Policy Conference Panel
MS. O’CONNOR: Good morning everyone. I’m Eileen J. O’Connor. I’m a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop...
Welcome and Panel I: Health Care: How Our Tax Laws Affect How Health Care is Paid for and Delivered
Our Nation's Founding Principles and Our Tax Code - Consistent or In Conflict?
The Honorable Eileen J. O'Connor of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, and former Assistant Attorney...