have the question of it is moving forward, how do we actually make it happen in the best possible circutances? and what we'e're saying is we need to d delay. we need to at least hold off for a period of several months, help health care providers know what they're getting into and signing these contractcts and also making sure that consumers know who their doctor's going to be. >> guys, we'e're runnining out o time here quickly already. the are some reports that some of these managed care companies have threatened a 10 percent penalty to the providers if they're not signed up by january. mercy medical or anything you've heard? >> that's exactly accurate. that isritten into, um, the sign up guidelines that there will be a reduction, uh, in payment for those who don't. and how that gets - - how that gets passed on ultimately will enend up getting, um, absorbed by the hospitals, uh, and, um, andthen we end up having to make tough choices >> what does that mean for the patient when t the hospital has to make those kind of decision. >> right,, yeah. >> tough decisions to be made down the road. chri