January 30, 2007 7:40AM 

# Capitol Hill Briefing Re: Standard Health Insurance Deduction 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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At noon this Friday, the Cato Institute will host a Capitol Hill briefing on President Bush’s proposal to replace the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored coverage with a standard health insurance deduction.

Discussing the proposal will be: **Katherine Baicker** of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, **Leonard Burman**, director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, and **me**.

The room number and video of the event can be found where you preregister, [here](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=3555).

##### Related Tags 

[General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care), [Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy) 

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