Why is health insurance a "RIGHT"? Because YOU and others who don't remember or know recent history, say it is. And it's not "basic".....no, a lot of these gilt edged plans cover everything under the sun; including braces and eyeglass frames.
People who can get this kind of coverage for free, or very little, abuse it; so do doctors, who never think of the costs, because they assume that every has this kind of coverage, when they don't. What's next.........employer housing benefits?
Once upon a time, companies and the government used to allow people/companies to write off lunches. That was taken away and yes, people used to abuse expense accounts too. So where is all of the hollering about NO MORE FREE LUNCH?
People used to buy their own health insurance and nobody, NOBODY, in the 1950s were calling for socialized health care in America; except for the Commies here.
This deduction plan is another common sense health care move. Like MSA's, it will move health care in the direction of free markets, which is not an easy thing to do.
The abuse as you call it, is none of the government's business. employers are currently restructuring their plans on their own, to share costs with employees through higher co-pays and deductibles. leave them alone.
about the only people left with the "golden" plans, are going to be all government employees, teachers, and what's left of the UAW retirees who are still alive. Leave everyone else, who has coverage, alone.