Michael F. Cannon

Michael F. Cannon is an American think tank official, serving as the director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute. An advocate for free-market healthcare, The Washington Post has described him as "the premier libertarian Obamacare critic."

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. The author or editor of three books, Cannon favors Medicare reform through public option principles and ending tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance.

The New Republic described Cannon as "ObamaCare's single most relentless antagonist", while The Week has called him "ObamaCare's fiercest critic". In multiple years, The Washingtonian has labeled him one of the most influential people in Washington, D.C.