In his new healthcare proposal?

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/02/23/john-kartch-health-care-obama-taxes-family/

No New Taxes, Mr. Obama?
By John Kartch
– FOXNews.com

On Monday, the White House unveiled a health care plan with a net tax hike of at least 0 billion over the next ten years. What happened to the promise that no family making less than 0,000 will see their taxes increase?

One year ago, President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress and restated his central campaign promise: “If your family earns less than 0,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime.”

But on Monday, the White House unveiled a health care plan with a net tax hike of at least 0 billion over the next ten years. Not only does the plan increase taxes more than the House and Senate bills already roundly rejected by the public, several of the tax hikes in the plan violate Obama’s tax pledge. Let’s look at a few examples:

Individual mandate excise tax: The White House gets creative with its terminology here, preferring to call this tax a “payment” or an “assessment.” This provision would require all Americans to purchase health insurance – as a condition of lawful existence – or pay an excise tax.

This tax was also a pillar of the House and Senate health bills, both endorsed by the White House. In a famous exchange with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos last September, Obama refused to admit that the tax was actually a tax, forcing Stephanopoulos to read aloud the dictionary definition of the word “tax” to the President.

Employer mandate tax: If an employer does not offer health coverage, and at least one employee qualifies for a health tax credit, the employer must pay an additional non-deductible tax for all full-time employees. This would apply to all employers with 50 or more employees. Small business owners pay their taxes on their owners’ 1040 forms, and there is no exemption for employers making less than 0,000.

Special needs kids tax: This provision caps pre-tax Flexible Spending Account (FSA) contributions at ,500 per year – currently, these accounts are unlimited. There are 30 million American families using FSAs for everything from deductibles to eyeglasses, but hardest hit would be families with special needs children. These families often rely on their FSA for special needs education, which can cost thousands of dollars per year.

“Haircut” for medical itemized deductions: Currently, those facing high medical expenses are allowed a deduction if the total cost of the expenses reduces the filer’s income by 7.5 percent. The new White House provision would raise that threshold to 10 percent.

Excise tax on indoor tanning services: Leaving no stone unturned in its hunt for revenue, the White House adopted the Senate’s “tanning bed tax”. Those using indoor tanning services will be hit with a 10 percent excise tax.

None of the provisions above include exemptions for families making less than 0,000.

Take a look at the plan yourself at the White House Web site, then click over to Obama’s Change.gov site. Under the “Taxes” category, it still reads as follows: “no family making less than 0,000 will see their taxes increase.”

Somebody has some explaining to do.

John Kartch is director of communications for Americans for Tax Reform and a Fox Forum contributor.

Fact – A plan was offered but it didn’t get any press or support by Nancy "do it my way or the highway" Pelosi. Here is a summary of what was offered:

By the way, this took me about 30 seconds to find.

http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/article/Community/Health_Care_Reform_Republican

The Republican Alternative
Republicans in the House of Representatives unveiled a 3-and-a-half page summary of their own health plan, without details or an estimate of costs, but emphasized that their plan would cost less than the Democratic plan.

Key Provisions of the House GOP Plan

States, small businesses, and others could group together to offer lower-cost, health care plans.
Medicaid users could take the value of their Medicaid benefits and transfer them to a private health care plan.
People, especially those in lower income brackets or over 55, would receive incentives to build up health care savings accounts.
Employers would automatically sign up their workers for health insurance, so that employees would have to opt out of coverage if they didn’t want it.
Tax deductions on insurance premiums for people who get their plans individually or from their companies.
Ideas in the House GOP Plan that Are Supported by Both Parties

Dependent children can stay on their parents’ policies until they are 25.
Employers would be encouraged to reward employees for improved health.
Community health centers could be expanded.
Americans can maintain their specific health insurance policies when they lose or leave jobs.
In-home care over institutional care would be encouraged with financial help.
Medical malpractice lawsuits would be limited – though there are significant disagreements between the parties by how much.

http://rsc.tomprice.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=140115