Michael F. Cannon 🇮🇪 🇺🇸
@mfcannon.bsky.social
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“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.
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mfcannon.bsky.social
Obamacare offers junk insurance at outrageous premiums.

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In 2021, Democrats created temporary Covid-emergency premium subsidies for families earning $130K-$600K annually because even wealthy people struggle to afford Obamacare. These “tax credits” are just checks the government sends health insurance companies.

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anthonylfisher.bsky.social
"We took the freedom of speech away."

Take a bow, MAGA libertarians.
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Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
mfcannon.bsky.social
If health insurance market failures would leave us just 4 percent (!!!) shy of optimality, maybe we can let people purchase long-term health insurance in an open market, exempt from Obamacare’s regulations?

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Republicans have never taken responsibility for Obamacare, and they should not start.

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When people talk about “Medicare’s looming trust fund insolvency,” they mean Medicare subsidies to hospitals might fall by 11 percent.

Were that to occur, Medicare spending would move ever so slightly in the direction of levels in other advanced nations.
Stop Pretending the Medicare Trust Fund Is Real
It's a "Medicare spending authorization countdown clock."
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mfcannon.bsky.social
Everyone says Medicare is facing a “trust fund shortfall.” Not only is that a gross falsehood, the reality is much worse.
mfcannon.bsky.social
"Starting every speech by praising Trump is the Republican version of a land acknowledgement" is the funniest thing I've heard all day.
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“If we cave on these expensive and outdated subsidies, achieving our goals will be nearly impossible. Making such concessions would make us look weak, saying we’re for one thing and doing another.“ - @chiproytx
Opinion | This Is No Time to Go Wobbly on ObamaCare
‘If Republicans govern by poll and fail to grab this moment, they will own it. Don’t expect me to.’
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If you showed this tweet to James Madison, he would be like, "yes, this is why I wrote the 2nd Amendment"
@Sec_Noem on X: Chicago, we’re here for you.
mfcannon.bsky.social
Federal law says burn the flag.

“4 USC §8. Respect for flag…

“The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.”

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Democrats are demanding that Congress send *additional* hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to private health insurance companies, to benefit households earning $129,000-$600,000 per year.

And they are willing to shut down the government until they get those subsidies.
mfcannon.bsky.social
Had to see it with my own eyes. It's true. Everyone involved should face prosecution.

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In our weekly Q&A, Nancy Vu interviews @cato.org's director of health policy studies @mfcannon.bsky.social on why he opposes the ACA and the enhanced premium tax credits at the center of the government shutdown.
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Q&A with Michael Cannon
The Cato Institute director of health policy studies explains why he opposes the ACA and the enhanced premium tax credits at the center of the government shutdown.
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mfcannon.bsky.social
Welcome to U.S. health care, where government drives such hard bargains with Big Pharma, their stock prices surge.

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States that block competent RNs from doing sexual assault forensic exams take a lax posture toward physician sexual misconduct.

A form of regulation that ignores, minimizes, and facilitates sexual assault is the wrong tool for protecting rape victims.

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