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Washington, DC cato.org/research/healt… Joined September 2018
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Why is American health care so expensive and complicated? @mfcannon sits down with Rikki Schlott to unpack how the tax code reshaped our health care systems and left workers with less control over their own earnings.

Listen to the full podcast: cato.org/multimedia/cat…
www.cato.org The Original Sin of US Health Policy Why is American health care so expensive and complicated? Michael F. Cannon argues that its roots can be traced back to a often forgotten feature of the federal tax code: a supposed tax break that...
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📈Kentucky premiums jumped 30 percent this year, with 19 percent more planned for 2027.

@mfcannon argues that the state's legislature can offer relief without spending a dime by letting residents buy plans from US territories.

Read more: kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/17/ken…
kentuckylantern.com Commentary: Kentucky can cut health premiums without spending a dime • Kentucky Lantern Today’s health insurance affordability crisis is a rerun of the one Kentucky faced in the 1990s. The cause is the same. The path to relief is the same.
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The FDA is finally approving bemotrizinol, a highly effective UV filter that’s been used safely in Europe and Asia for decades.

@mfcannon on why this is “overwhelmingly a positive development.”

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www.cato.org "Overwhelmingly a Positive Development": FDA Finally Stops Blocking Safe, Effective Bemotrizinol... Why did the FDA spend 20 years blocking this safe, effective sunscreen ingredient—and why does it still block so many others like it?
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According to @mfcannon, Medicare Advantage doesn’t just cost more. It redistributes subsidies away from sicker enrollees toward healthier ones.

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www.cato.org Medicare Advantage Reallocates Subsidies from the Sick to the Healthy Medicare should calculate a per-enrollee payment just like Medicare Advantage does now. But then, as President Trump has endorsed, it should give the money to the enrollee rather than an insurer.