Director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute, Michael F. Cannon, has hit out at the US Congress for their "intervention" in America's healthcare sector, as he claims they are "constantly hitting the accelerator" on pricing and lobbying.

Joining host Bev Turner on GBN America, Cannon claimed that the health sector has been "spending more than every other sector" of the economy lobbying Congress "for the past 20 years".