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How to Rescue Medicare and Rebuild America’s Health Insurance Market with Michael Cannon

How to Rescue Medicare and Rebuild America’s Health Insurance Market with Michael Cannon

Update: 2025-06-11
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In this episode, Michael F. Cannon, the Cato Institute’s Director of Health Policy Studies, dives into the policy decisions that shaped Medicare and fundamentally distorted the U.S. health insurance market. From how tax incentives nudged Americans into employer-sponsored plans to the unintended consequences that left many seniors uninsured, Cannon breaks down the government’s role in creating systemic challenges in health care. He also explores how tax policy has long been used as a tool to mandate certain health behaviors, and what a less distorted, freer market might look like. If you want to understand the policy roots behind today’s health care complexities, this conversation is a must-listen.

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How to Rescue Medicare and Rebuild America’s Health Insurance Market with Michael Cannon

How to Rescue Medicare and Rebuild America’s Health Insurance Market with Michael Cannon

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