Director of Health Policy Studies

Cato Institute

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” (New Republic), “ObamaCare’s fiercest critic” (The Week), and “the intellectual father”ofKing v. Burwell (Modern Healthcare). He has appeared on ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, C-SPAN, Fox News Channel, and NPR. His articles have been featured in nearly every major national and health care publication including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, JAMA Internal Medicine; Health Matrix: Journal ofLaw-Medicine, Harvard Health Policy Review, and more. Cannon is the coeditor of Replacing Obamacare: The Cato Institute on Health Care Reform and coauthor ofHealthy 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. He is a member of the Board of Advisors of Harvard Health Policy Review