FILE - In this July 23, 1997 file photo, Alice Rivlin testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Job-based health care benefits could wind up on the chopping block if President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans get serious about cutting the federal deficit. The Bipartisan Policy Center is proposing to cap the health care tax break in 2018 and eliminate it over the next 10 years. That's part of a deficit reduction strategy from Rivlin, a former Federal Reserve vice chairman. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)