Medicaid readiness has received minimal political oversight. If health care institutions do not receive Medicare and Medicaid funds in the first months of 2000, patients will be impacted directly. Unprepared providers will spend time manually producing claims instead of seeing patients. Those who are highly dependent on Medicaid and live in a state where Medicaid fails will start closing their doors within 30-60 days because of serious cash flow problems. This will stress the surviving health care providers because their patient load will increase dramatically.
Somebody pass the Mylanta.
Still and all, it can t really be said that our government was any more truthful before this whole Y2k thing started and somehow we have managed to muddle through with our western civilization intact. Now it only remains to be seen if Y2k will be the last problem of the 20 th century or the first problem of the 21 st . Meanwhile, pass the gravy please I ve got my family and friends and my health, and who knows what the future holds. Happy Thanksgiving everyone Dr. Lila York has been a leader in the IT community for over 12 years. She has consistently been in the forefront of new technology and has recently taken a lead role in the development and implementation of Year 2000 strategies and now brings her expertise to San Antonio as the Director of Special Projects, Southwest Stars Corporation.