not going up for a majority of americans. what is this all about. >> reporter: we are counting 20 taxes in health reform. the controversy is, jenna, president obama said these new healthcare reform classes would not hit the middle class. now we are finding that some of them might hit the middle class. here is president obama in 2010 when the law was signed and how the health reform act would protect the middle class. >> millions of people will get tax breaks to help them afford coverage, which represents the largest middle class tax cut for healthcare in history. [applause] >> that's what this reform is about. >> reporter: what we're counting being enacted just today are eight new health reform taxes. some of them hit the upper brackets but when you look at the tax items that are being basically enacted right now, going into law right now, jenna, you're going to see that a number of them do hit the middle class. for example flex health accounts are going to be capped. medical ducks will be capped.