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Health Insurance Tax Incentives: The Cure or the Disease?

May 2, 2006
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Urban Institute
2100 M Street N.W., 5th Floor
Washington, D.C.

The United States spends $200 billion each year on tax incentives for health insurance. Yet more than 45 million people lack health coverage. Panelists examined the issues to divine the best course of treatment for the nation's failing health care system.

Welcome

AudioRobert Reischauer, president, Urban Institute
 

Opening Remarks / Overview

AudioDavid Wessel, Wall Street Journal
 

Presentations

AudioRobert Helms, American Enterprise Institute
AudioKatherine Baicker, White House Council of Economic Advisers
AudioLen Nichols, New America Foundation
AudioLeonard Burman, Urban Institute
AudioModerator question and answer session
AudioAudience question and answer session
 
 
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