Maybe We Should Think About Y2014

By David Harrington

What is Y2014, and why should we think about it?  The year 2014 (Y2014) is the starting date for some of the new rules that are part of the health care legislation passed in 2010 by our friends in Washington, DC.  The prediction is that Y2014 will make Y2K look like no big deal, and we all know that even with all the overreaction there was a tremendous amount of work put in to locate and prevent potential problems from happening.  They spent so much time and effort on pleasing the various special interest groups that no efforts were made to be sure that what was proposed would work and could be implemented in a timely fashion at a reasonable cost.  The only good part about this problem (Y2014) is that Congress will push back dates and throw money at certain groups that either don’t need it or should not get any in an effort to make the transition smooth.

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from the December 2011 issue of 24×7 Magazine.