To help pay for health reform, President Obama’s wants to limit deductions for high income taxpayers. He’s on to something, but I’ve got some questions about what he’s doing. This tax increase, sure to be politically contentious, would kick in starting in 2011 and raise about $318 billion over 10 years. That sounds like a lot, but in fact it would only fund about 20 percent of the total cost of the health plan Obama outlined in his presidential campaign. TPC estimated the price of that plan at $1.6 trillion over 10 years.    more »