Michael F. Cannon 🇮🇪 🇺🇸
@mfcannon.bsky.social
“An influential health care wonk at the libertarian Cato Institute“ – Washington Post. “A pleasant discovery” – Capitalism magazine. Washingtonian’s “Most Influential People” in DC 2021-present.
"Many economists say it will be impossible to bring health care spending under control unless everyone is covered."
- Cosmo Castorini
- Cosmo Castorini
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Many economists say it will be impossible to bring health care spending under control unless everyone is covered."
- Cosmo Castorini
- Cosmo Castorini
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Obamacare is posting what Obama called “jaw-dropping” premium increases.
The first $700B didn’t fix the problem. The next $1.3T won’t. Supporters' only idea is to spend $500B more.
If Congress cannot now admit Obamacare has failed, what would it take?
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The first $700B didn’t fix the problem. The next $1.3T won’t. Supporters' only idea is to spend $500B more.
If Congress cannot now admit Obamacare has failed, what would it take?
mfcannon.substack.co...
October 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Obamacare is posting what Obama called “jaw-dropping” premium increases.
The first $700B didn’t fix the problem. The next $1.3T won’t. Supporters' only idea is to spend $500B more.
If Congress cannot now admit Obamacare has failed, what would it take?
mfcannon.substack.co...
The first $700B didn’t fix the problem. The next $1.3T won’t. Supporters' only idea is to spend $500B more.
If Congress cannot now admit Obamacare has failed, what would it take?
mfcannon.substack.co...
October 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
In the @CambUP_PHILNYUK journal Social Philosophy & Policy, I offer a way to evaluate whether government public health interventions are morally permissible: whether they reduce the net amount of violence in society.
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October 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In the @CambUP_PHILNYUK journal Social Philosophy & Policy, I offer a way to evaluate whether government public health interventions are morally permissible: whether they reduce the net amount of violence in society.
www.cambridge.org/co...
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In @politico, @amandalanchu reports a recent article of mine argued that ”closing businesses and schools early in the pandemic, when no vaccines were available, aligned with libertarian principles.”
My article does not argue it was okay to close them all until we had vaccines.🧵
My article does not argue it was okay to close them all until we had vaccines.🧵
October 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In @politico, @amandalanchu reports a recent article of mine argued that ”closing businesses and schools early in the pandemic, when no vaccines were available, aligned with libertarian principles.”
My article does not argue it was okay to close them all until we had vaccines.🧵
My article does not argue it was okay to close them all until we had vaccines.🧵
It appears that The Party of Limited Government™ is now using the unilateral executive power to impose tariffs, to threaten governments in other countries, demanding that they increase spending on socialized medicine, to the benefit of the pharmaceutical lobby.
October 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It appears that The Party of Limited Government™ is now using the unilateral executive power to impose tariffs, to threaten governments in other countries, demanding that they increase spending on socialized medicine, to the benefit of the pharmaceutical lobby.
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October 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Senate intern on my book: "it was a killer price for Prime Day."
October 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Senate intern on my book: "it was a killer price for Prime Day."
Not for nothing, @Mark_J_Perry, but I think I might be able to explain your "hospitals" line:
www.nationalaffairs.... @NationalAffairs @AEI
www.nationalaffairs.... @NationalAffairs @AEI
October 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Not for nothing, @Mark_J_Perry, but I think I might be able to explain your "hospitals" line:
www.nationalaffairs.... @NationalAffairs @AEI
www.nationalaffairs.... @NationalAffairs @AEI
I’ve got a piece up this morning @NRO explaining the only defensible deal Republicans could strike on extending Obamacare subsidies for the wealthy is one that frees people to choose better, more affordable health insurance.
October 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I’ve got a piece up this morning @NRO explaining the only defensible deal Republicans could strike on extending Obamacare subsidies for the wealthy is one that frees people to choose better, more affordable health insurance.
If health insurance market failures would leave us just 4 percent (!!!) shy of optimality, maybe we can let people purchase long-term health insurance in an open market, exempt from Obamacare’s regulations?
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October 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If health insurance market failures would leave us just 4 percent (!!!) shy of optimality, maybe we can let people purchase long-term health insurance in an open market, exempt from Obamacare’s regulations?
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Stable is one word for it.
October 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Stable is one word for it.
October 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Everyone says Medicare is facing a “trust fund shortfall.” Not only is that a gross falsehood, the reality is much worse.
October 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Everyone says Medicare is facing a “trust fund shortfall.” Not only is that a gross falsehood, the reality is much worse.
Federal law says burn the flag.
“4 USC §8. Respect for flag…
“The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.”
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“4 USC §8. Respect for flag…
“The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.”
uscode.house.gov/vie...
October 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Federal law says burn the flag.
“4 USC §8. Respect for flag…
“The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.”
uscode.house.gov/vie...
“4 USC §8. Respect for flag…
“The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.”
uscode.house.gov/vie...
Democrats are demanding that Congress send *additional* hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to private health insurance companies, to benefit households earning $129,000-$600,000 per year.
And they are willing to shut down the government until they get those subsidies.
And they are willing to shut down the government until they get those subsidies.
October 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Democrats are demanding that Congress send *additional* hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to private health insurance companies, to benefit households earning $129,000-$600,000 per year.
And they are willing to shut down the government until they get those subsidies.
And they are willing to shut down the government until they get those subsidies.
Had to see it with my own eyes. It's true. Everyone involved should face prosecution.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Had to see it with my own eyes. It's true. Everyone involved should face prosecution.
www.justice.gov/jmd/...
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October 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Welcome to U.S. health care, where government drives such hard bargains with Big Pharma, their stock prices surge.
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October 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Welcome to U.S. health care, where government drives such hard bargains with Big Pharma, their stock prices surge.
www.washingtonpost.c...
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🚨🚨NEW PAPER🚨🚨
States that block competent RNs from doing sexual assault forensic exams take a lax posture toward physician sexual misconduct.
A form of regulation that ignores, minimizes, and facilitates sexual assault is the wrong tool for protecting rape victims.
www.cato.org/policy-...
States that block competent RNs from doing sexual assault forensic exams take a lax posture toward physician sexual misconduct.
A form of regulation that ignores, minimizes, and facilitates sexual assault is the wrong tool for protecting rape victims.
www.cato.org/policy-...
October 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🚨🚨NEW PAPER🚨🚨
States that block competent RNs from doing sexual assault forensic exams take a lax posture toward physician sexual misconduct.
A form of regulation that ignores, minimizes, and facilitates sexual assault is the wrong tool for protecting rape victims.
www.cato.org/policy-...
States that block competent RNs from doing sexual assault forensic exams take a lax posture toward physician sexual misconduct.
A form of regulation that ignores, minimizes, and facilitates sexual assault is the wrong tool for protecting rape victims.
www.cato.org/policy-...
🚨🚨NEW PAPER🚨🚨
Regulation is blocking care for rape victims by preventing competent nurses from performing sexual assault forensic exams.
Meanwhile, regulators knowingly reinstate licenses of doctors who sexually assault patients, some of whom go on to assault more patients.
Regulation is blocking care for rape victims by preventing competent nurses from performing sexual assault forensic exams.
Meanwhile, regulators knowingly reinstate licenses of doctors who sexually assault patients, some of whom go on to assault more patients.
October 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🚨🚨NEW PAPER🚨🚨
Regulation is blocking care for rape victims by preventing competent nurses from performing sexual assault forensic exams.
Meanwhile, regulators knowingly reinstate licenses of doctors who sexually assault patients, some of whom go on to assault more patients.
Regulation is blocking care for rape victims by preventing competent nurses from performing sexual assault forensic exams.
Meanwhile, regulators knowingly reinstate licenses of doctors who sexually assault patients, some of whom go on to assault more patients.
The U.S. health sector is not a free market.
@RealDonaldTrump’s thuggish behavior toward pharmaceutical companies illustrates that the U.S. government sets health care prices so often, presidents have come to see doing so as their right.
@RealDonaldTrump’s thuggish behavior toward pharmaceutical companies illustrates that the U.S. government sets health care prices so often, presidents have come to see doing so as their right.
October 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The U.S. health sector is not a free market.
@RealDonaldTrump’s thuggish behavior toward pharmaceutical companies illustrates that the U.S. government sets health care prices so often, presidents have come to see doing so as their right.
@RealDonaldTrump’s thuggish behavior toward pharmaceutical companies illustrates that the U.S. government sets health care prices so often, presidents have come to see doing so as their right.