if it's still unpopulated, to ram it through with a procedure like reconciliation is a very high politicalnue to cover this. i think it's -- >> i think that's a safe bet. >> you were nodding a lot at this conservative's comments. i never know where the heck you are on it half this stuff. you're like an enigma. >> i'm just thinking about who i should be shorting. dust off my weight loss center shorts. i'm sorry. i think he makes good points. >> medicare sounds horrible. >> medicare, as he said, is a claims processing. so is the private insurance industry. after the '93, '94 failed initiative, we saw hmos be the preferred private payer. and people were pushed into them. and the reality was for a while from '93 to '98, they were pretty good at controlling costs and i'm not going to say rationing, but really questioning a lot of procedures. from '98 on, last ten years, they've done nothing more -- >> they've been regularitied. the reality is that if you're going to engage in that kind of activity, look behind the services and decide what should and shouldn't be paid for, that's very hard to do