Douglas Elmendorf, the director of the Congressional Budget Office had an opinion about the pending health care pact that is being argued over at present in Congress. He says that the kind of fundamental differences that would be needed to minimize the path of federal health spending has been increased by a recognizable amount. Let us tell you that of this opinion Elmendorf is not the only man. Mike Leavitt, the secretary of Health and Human Services who was in office before his term got over as well as Glenn Hackbarth were both of the same opinion and have stated that the plan does absolutely nothing to prevent the increasing health care costs from increasing. Under the jurisdiction of the government however, this increase will cause a huge budget deficit and will eventually be pushed on to the usual sufferers – the taxpayers.

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