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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jeff Mizer who wrote (7779)	8/6/1999 11:49:00 AM
From: Zbyte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

I would be very interested in knowing where all concerned Y2k folks live and how they are preparing for a possible problem. I live in a small town in California named Grass Valley. Surrounded by mountains. I could get on my mountain bike and be in the the trees in 30 minutes. I think being phisically capable is very important as well as having inner strenth.

To: Jeff Mizer who wrote (7779)	8/7/1999 12:17:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

Doubts raised on Y2K readiness of health industry By Associated Press, 08/06/99 WASHINGTON - A new government report raises questions about whether health care providers, from doctors to hospitals, are prepared to head off problems with medical bills and records that could be caused by the Y2K computer bug. Failures in health care providers' billing systems have been discovered in Y2K testing conducted by Medicare, according to the previously unreleased report from the General Accounting Office, an investigative arm of Congress. 'Testing with providers has been limited and reported results are not encouraging,' the GAO told the House Commerce Committee in a July 28 report obtained by The Associated Press ... The report did not assess whether hospitals, doctors' offices and others are doing enough to ensure that medical devices such as X-ray machines or heart-monitors that use computer chips will work properly starting Jan. 1, 2000 ... Medicare, the government health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, has sent reminder Y2K reminder letters to 1.1 million health care providers, set up a toll-free advice line and held how-to conferences across the country. But participation rates have been low. The GAO report recommended that Medicare try public service announcements that might get patients to help spur providers to action ... greenspun.com <The GAO report recommended that Medicare try public service announcements that might get patients to help spur providers to action> WHAT A STUPID IDEA!!!! So now the government wants the elderly and disabled to prod their healthcare providers to get them to work on remediating their systems??? Yeah. Right. Cheryl :-( 146 days until 2000