Michael F. Cannon

Michael F. Cannon, MA, JM, is director of health policy studies at the libertarian Cato Institute.

Cannon is “an influential health‐​care wonk” (Washington Post) and “the most famous libertarian health care scholar” (Washington Examiner). Washingtonian magazine named Cannon one of Washington, DC’s "Most Influential People" in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Cannon's scholarship spans public health; regulation of clinicians, medical facilities, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices; employer-sponsored and other private health insurance; Medicare; Medicaid; CHIP; the Veterans Health Administration; medical malpractice litigation; administrative law; international health systems; political philosophy; and more.

His latest book is Recovery: A Guide to Reforming the U.S. Health Sector.