but, mine shg, in my opinion, important contribution they've made has been an indirect one, one resulting from the various annual media awards that it puts out. it awards a prize for radio and tv journalism, one for general audience print media, and one for the trade publications. and these awards, i think, have had a big impact on the stimulating -- on stimulating more and better coverage of health issues throughout the nation and has raised the prestige of the journalist and investigative reporters who cover health. the awards also have caused editors and publishers to channel more resources into covering health topics and for that, i think all of us who are interested in this area should be grateful. enough patting you on the back. [laughter]. >> okay? you can pay me afterwards! let me turn to the assignment that i was given, when i was first invited to participate on this panel. i was asked to talk about our fiscal future and -- in health care, which seemed like a modest enough topic for me to get lost in quite easily. then i looked at the material again, last night, and found that th