Kepa, Roughly 25% of all Americans get assistance from Medicaid or Medicare. As much as Americans want the government out of their lives it is the fabric of our country. Regards,
Dave Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -----Original Message----- From: Kepa Zubeldia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 7:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: clarification on the DNS model Dave, The dreamer in me was thinking that perhaps the industry would converge on a simple solution without having to be compelled by the government. Is that too idealistic? Kepa Dave Minch wrote: > Kepa, > In any proposal to create a domain name service, whether distributed or > centralized, there must be, at some level, a mandate to the effect that any > entity who desires to be an "entry point", MUST register themselves (or > should i say be registered). Somewhere in the regulations there needs to be > a mandated process for registration, or the whole concept of self-discovery > of addresses breaks down. > > What concerns me is the employers (of which we have several in our area) who > have a small self or TPA review function - where coverage and initial review > of the claim is performed. These are very un-sophisticated operations - in > one case we finally got them on to email after 3+ years of badgering. > > Do you envision some mandate of this sort to make trading partners register? > > Dave Minch > T&CS Project Manager > John Muir / Mt. Diablo Health System > Walnut Creek, CA > (925) 941-2240
