Michael F. Cannon 🇮🇪 🇺🇸
@mfcannon
“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.
South Portland, ME mandates motorists squeeze the gas pump handle (“latch-open devices” are illegal) and station operators “observe the filling…of each vehicle” from “an approved dead-man control” (e.g., floor mat). One gas station found a solution. www.southportland.or...
Future scholars will marvel at how pro-government propaganda so thoroughly scapegoated private insurance companies for the government’s health policy failures, that much of the public cheered the cold-blooded murder of a man who was part of the solution. www.usnews.com/opini...
“States without a service-level CON requirement consistently offer more services per capita than states with a service-level CON in place.”
“In the average non-CON state included here, there are 21.5 rural hospitals per 100,000 rural population. In the average CON state included here, there are just 7.4 rural hospitals per 100,000 rural population.”
“Among 448 tests with a clear normative implication, 53 percent link the regulation to a ‘bad’ outcome such as more spending, less access, or lower quality of care.” “Over two-thirds of the studies found that outcomes improved after reform or repeal.”
New Cato study: “Today, 39 states require a CON for at least one health care service or technology.”
If Medicare for All were a drug, the FDA would put Mike Lit in jail for claiming it saves lives. www.wsj.com/opinion/...
What a remarkable sentence to have appear in a story where a consumer negotiates a lower price than mighty Medicare for inguinal hernia repair ($2,900 vs. $3,454). If this is what lack of protection looks like, bring it on. kffhealthnews.org/he... @paula_andalo @KFFHealthNews
Like it also beats the government agencies that regulate physicians (apps.bostonglobe.com...). Because the tort system is a superior form of government regulation.
It's not uncommon—i.e., not (necessarily) a Trump thing—for private actors to beat the FDA at its own job. Kaiser Permanente beat the FDA on Vioxx. But this *is* a win for a different regulator: the tort system. Taco Bell and Taylor Farms acted in part from fear of lawsuits. 🤏🧵
I, for one, welcome our new AI overlords. open.substack.com/pu...
It is no coincidence that a company that derives most of its revenue from the government explicitly tells employees to put their own welfare ahead of customers. www.washingtonexamin...
It’s what you might call a decline sandwich. www.nytimes.com/2026...
Updated to reflect: Norway 2–1 Brazil; England 3–2 Mexico; Spain 1–0 Portugal; and Belgium 4–1 United States.
Which countries have scored the most World Cup goals per capita? The answer will SHOCK you.
I read this article slack-jawed with tears in my eyes. An astounding innovation. World-class reporting. You magnificent bastards. What a time to be alive. Four screenshots cannot do it justice. Not even after shrinking the text. Just read the whole thing.
But to be consistent, we really should apply this principle to the nations of North America first.
To bring European governments closer to the people, redraw national borders to place everyone under the rule of the nearest national capitol. You’re welcome, Europe.