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To: Eric Fader who wrote (467)	7/28/1999 7:18:00 PM
From: westpacific	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 595

Agree with Eric - generating revenue is key for success and they don't have it. Revenues for the second quarter and first six months of 1999 were $1.0 million and $1.4 million, respectively. Loss attributable to common stockholders for the second quarter and first six months of the year was $17.7 million and $42.1 million. Net loss per share for the second quarter and first half of the year was $1.28 and $3.75 On Health Network is proof of the failure of this model. Stay away from KOOP - this is a real high risk play. Dollars in healthcare are controlled by Managed Care companies and pharma. players. Koop is purely an educational site and know one will support this. Unless a healthcare internet play can increase ROI for a managed care company or save a physician dollars and time - it will fail. Right now KOOP has no proof that it can execute around this problem. I have yet to see a inet health model that I will invest in - there is one private equity company that will go public in the future that I will pour money into. It has a model that addresses the above and is paid for by MCO's and Pharma for the patient to use. My company does executive consulting for 14 years in managed care so I know what I am talking about.