Michael F. Cannon
Michael F. Cannon | |
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 Cannon at 2022 Revolution hosted by Young Americans for Liberty | |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia (BA) George Mason University (MA, JM) |
| Occupation | Director of health policy studies |
| Employer | Cato Institute |
| Organization | Federalist Society[1][2][3] |
| Known for | Opposition to the Affordable Care Act |
| Notable work | Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It (2007) 50 Vetoes: How States Can Stop the Obama Health Care Law (2013) |
| Movement | Free-market healthcare |
Michael F. Cannon is an American think tank official, serving as the director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute.[4] An advocate for free-market healthcare, The Washington Post has described him as "the premier libertarian Obamacare critic."[5]
Cannon received his B.A. from the University of Virginia in American government, and his M.A. in economics and J.M. in law and economics from George Mason University.[6] The author or editor of three books, Cannon favors Medicare reform through public option principles and ending tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance.[7]
The New Republic described Cannon as "ObamaCare's single most relentless antagonist",[8] while The Week has called him "ObamaCare's fiercest critic".[9] In multiple years, The Washingtonian has labeled him one of the most influential people in Washington, D.C.[10]
Bibliography
- Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It (2007; co-author)[11]
- Replacing Obamacare: The Cato Institute on Health Care Reform (2012; co-editor)
- 50 Vetoes: How States Can Stop the Obama Health Care Law (2013; author)[12]
References
- ^ "FDA Policy and the Covid-19 Pandemic". Federalist Society. March 15, 2021.
- ^ "FDA & Health". Regulatory Transparency Project.
- ^ "Past Events". Federalist Society. 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Republicans need to take a stand on health-care reform". The Washington Post. 2011-03-19. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ Weigel, David [@daveweigel] (March 7, 2017). "The GOP's ACA replacement has lost @mfcannon, the premier libertarian Obamacare critic" (Tweet). Retrieved January 25, 2026 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Michael F. Cannon". Cato Institute. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ Cannon, Michael F. "End the Tax Exclusion for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance". Cato Institute.
- ^ MacGillis, Alec (November 12, 2013). "Obamacare's Single Most Relentless Antagonist". The New Republic.
- ^ Lemieux, Scott (July 22, 2015). "How ObamaCare's fiercest critic all but admitted the legal case against it was a scam". The Week.
- ^ "Washington DC's 500 Most Influential People". The Washingtonian. 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ "Healthy Competition". Cato Institute.
- ^ Cannon, Michael F. (2013). 50 Vetoes: How States Can Stop the Obama Health Care Law. Cato Institute.