Agreed. It should never have been allowed in the first place.
Why employers got a write-off while private parties and the self-employed did not is one of those "equal protection before the law" goodies I've never really understood. If corporations are "persons" they can live like the rest of us.
Health insurance premiums paid by an individual used to be deductible on fed taxes - they were lumped in with other medical costs - sensible. As I recall, it was the Regan era simplification that eliminated that deduction.