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.
These are the premium subsidies that Democrats want to expand and (some) Republicans want to make more attractive.
GAO: Obamacare Routinely Subsidizes Insurers for Covering Ineligible and Fictitious Applicants
These are the premium subsidies that Democrats want to expand and (some) Republicans want to make more attractive.
mfcannon.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
These are the premium subsidies that Democrats want to expand and (some) Republicans want to make more attractive.
The three most salient characteristics of Medicare and Medicaid fraud are: It’s brazen, it’s ubiquitous, and it’s other people’s money, so nobody cares.
You’re never going to get Medicare & Medicaid fraud down to the levels we see in the private sector.
You’re never going to get Medicare & Medicaid fraud down to the levels we see in the private sector.
“It Was Like Someone Was Stealing Money from the Cookie Jar and They Kept Refilling It”
The schemes in the Minnesota fraud scandal do not appear to be exceptional. What’s exceptional is that people are not adopting the blasé attitude they usually do.
mfcannon.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The three most salient characteristics of Medicare and Medicaid fraud are: It’s brazen, it’s ubiquitous, and it’s other people’s money, so nobody cares.
You’re never going to get Medicare & Medicaid fraud down to the levels we see in the private sector.
You’re never going to get Medicare & Medicaid fraud down to the levels we see in the private sector.
How staggering and brazen were the Minnesota frauds, you might ask?
Let me put it this way: the title of this blog post is a quote from one of the *defense* attorneys.
Let me put it this way: the title of this blog post is a quote from one of the *defense* attorneys.
“It Was Like Someone Was Stealing Money from the Cookie Jar and They Kept Refilling It”
The schemes in the Minnesota fraud scandal do not appear to be exceptional. What’s exceptional is that people are not adopting the blasé attitude they usually do.
mfcannon.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
How staggering and brazen were the Minnesota frauds, you might ask?
Let me put it this way: the title of this blog post is a quote from one of the *defense* attorneys.
Let me put it this way: the title of this blog post is a quote from one of the *defense* attorneys.
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
For example, many Obamacare enrollees could pay 60 percent less for health insurance if Congress were to make universal and permanent the health insurance relief that Presidents Obama and Trump offered from Obamacare.
www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
For example, many Obamacare enrollees could pay 60 percent less for health insurance if Congress were to make universal and permanent the health insurance relief that Presidents Obama and Trump offered from Obamacare.
www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
The executive and the judiciary have repealed the ACA and replaced it with “Obamacare,” which enjoys no legitimacy.
The ACA is dead — long live Obamacare
Obamacare supporters are mistaken if they think the Supreme Court's King v. Burwell ruling settles the issue. Even in defeat, King threatens Obamacare's
www.washingtonexaminer.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The executive and the judiciary have repealed the ACA and replaced it with “Obamacare,” which enjoys no legitimacy.
The enhanced subsidies have been around since 2021.
If they reduce premiums, why are Obamacare premiums rising 26 percent?
If they reduce premiums, why are Obamacare premiums rising 26 percent?
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The enhanced subsidies have been around since 2021.
If they reduce premiums, why are Obamacare premiums rising 26 percent?
If they reduce premiums, why are Obamacare premiums rising 26 percent?
When technology puts even saints out of a job.
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
When technology puts even saints out of a job.
In this photo is a socialist from NY.
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In this photo is a socialist from NY.
Does anyone believe insurers could get away with doing this, year after year, to patients who were spending their own money?
People only get away with this level of malfeasance when government—with the best of intentions—protects them from market forces.
www.wsj.com/health/h...
People only get away with this level of malfeasance when government—with the best of intentions—protects them from market forces.
www.wsj.com/health/h...
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Does anyone believe insurers could get away with doing this, year after year, to patients who were spending their own money?
People only get away with this level of malfeasance when government—with the best of intentions—protects them from market forces.
www.wsj.com/health/h...
People only get away with this level of malfeasance when government—with the best of intentions—protects them from market forces.
www.wsj.com/health/h...
Maybe it’s the beginning of the beginning.
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Maybe it’s the beginning of the beginning.
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Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
🚨 New Content Alert 🚨
In today's @WSJ, I explain that President Trump already showed how Congress can make health insurance affordable for millions without destabilizing ObamaCare or spending a single penny.
www.wsj.com/opinion/... @WSJopinion @CatoInstitute
In today's @WSJ, I explain that President Trump already showed how Congress can make health insurance affordable for millions without destabilizing ObamaCare or spending a single penny.
www.wsj.com/opinion/... @WSJopinion @CatoInstitute
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨 New Content Alert 🚨
In today's @WSJ, I explain that President Trump already showed how Congress can make health insurance affordable for millions without destabilizing ObamaCare or spending a single penny.
www.wsj.com/opinion/... @WSJopinion @CatoInstitute
In today's @WSJ, I explain that President Trump already showed how Congress can make health insurance affordable for millions without destabilizing ObamaCare or spending a single penny.
www.wsj.com/opinion/... @WSJopinion @CatoInstitute
“Republicans can dodge [health care] and hope voters don’t notice, which is a losing strategy. Or they could offer a health freedom agenda that would create more…insurance options. If any Republicans have been thinking about this, we haven’t heard it.”
www.wsj.com/opinion/...
www.wsj.com/opinion/...
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“Republicans can dodge [health care] and hope voters don’t notice, which is a losing strategy. Or they could offer a health freedom agenda that would create more…insurance options. If any Republicans have been thinking about this, we haven’t heard it.”
www.wsj.com/opinion/...
www.wsj.com/opinion/...
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
November 13, 2015: www.youtube.com/live/FtNkth-...
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
November 13, 2015: www.youtube.com/live/FtNkth-...
Medicare is so flawless, 90% of its customers feel the need to buy more insurance.
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Medicare is so flawless, 90% of its customers feel the need to buy more insurance.
Where have all the "insurance is something you should rarely use" folks been for the last 15 years?
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Where have all the "insurance is something you should rarely use" folks been for the last 15 years?
"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
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Well-known free-market economist Don Boudreaux: "I once believed, like Milton Friedman, that among the most effective tools for reining in excessive government growth is to 'starve the beast' – that is, to keep tax revenues as low as possible. I no longer believe that this theory... is correct."
“It’s now obvious to me that as long as the government can finance its current expenditures with borrowed funds, a policy of refusing to allow taxes to be raised in order to meet expenditures doesn’t starve the beast; that policy engorges the beast.”
Why ‘Starving the Beast’ Feeds It Instead | The Daily Economy
The old fiscal conservative mantra—that cutting taxes restrains government—has failed the test of time. When spending continues on borrowed funds, it’s not ...
thedailyeconomy.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Well-known free-market economist Don Boudreaux: "I once believed, like Milton Friedman, that among the most effective tools for reining in excessive government growth is to 'starve the beast' – that is, to keep tax revenues as low as possible. I no longer believe that this theory... is correct."
“It’s now obvious to me that as long as the government can finance its current expenditures with borrowed funds, a policy of refusing to allow taxes to be raised in order to meet expenditures doesn’t starve the beast; that policy engorges the beast.”
Why ‘Starving the Beast’ Feeds It Instead | The Daily Economy
The old fiscal conservative mantra—that cutting taxes restrains government—has failed the test of time. When spending continues on borrowed funds, it’s not ...
thedailyeconomy.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“It’s now obvious to me that as long as the government can finance its current expenditures with borrowed funds, a policy of refusing to allow taxes to be raised in order to meet expenditures doesn’t starve the beast; that policy engorges the beast.”
President Trump negotiated lower prices from drug companies, and all he had to do was give them more government subsidies.
(And use taxes and regulation as a club.)
(And use taxes and regulation as a club.)
Lilly, Novo to Lower Obesity Drug Prices in Deal With Trump
Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk A/S secured deals with the Trump administration to slash prices for their blockbuster weight-loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy in exchange for tariff relief and wider Medicare access.
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
President Trump negotiated lower prices from drug companies, and all he had to do was give them more government subsidies.
(And use taxes and regulation as a club.)
(And use taxes and regulation as a club.)
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💸 Why are premiums still rising?
Michael F. Cannon 🇮🇪 🇺🇸 joins the Fresh Freedom podcast to discuss how Obamacare’s structure keeps driving up premiums, and how Congress and President Trump could make insurance work better. Full discussion👇
Michael F. Cannon 🇮🇪 🇺🇸 joins the Fresh Freedom podcast to discuss how Obamacare’s structure keeps driving up premiums, and how Congress and President Trump could make insurance work better. Full discussion👇
Podcast: Obamacare & the Government "Shutdown"
Obamacare is increasing premiums and reducing health insurance quality.
www.cato.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
💸 Why are premiums still rising?
Michael F. Cannon 🇮🇪 🇺🇸 joins the Fresh Freedom podcast to discuss how Obamacare’s structure keeps driving up premiums, and how Congress and President Trump could make insurance work better. Full discussion👇
Michael F. Cannon 🇮🇪 🇺🇸 joins the Fresh Freedom podcast to discuss how Obamacare’s structure keeps driving up premiums, and how Congress and President Trump could make insurance work better. Full discussion👇
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM