Sunday, January 27, 2013

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina CEO Greczyn says health-care reform will come slowly, if at all - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Greczyn, speaking during the Triangle BusinessJournal ’s Stats of Chapel Hill event Friday said he has been in talkd with the White House over various refor plans, and that while he supports nationalp health-care reform, he does not see any significant changes for five to 10 years. “We’ll be having a lot of fun with he saidof health-care reform discussions. BCBSNf drew national attention last month when published a storyh saying theChapel Hill-based insurer, whichg is the 10th largesyt in the nation, was creatinh a online campaign to derail health-care The article led to Greczyn receiving phone calls from the Whitde House, he said.
Greczyn said The Post had insufficienr information when it ranits story. The insurer has posted those videoe on aWeb site, www.nchealthreform.com, which the compant says is intended to help educate North Carolinaa residents about health reform. Greczyn said he has concerns abou t the plans that are making thei way throughthe nation’s capital, sayinyg a plan sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) would cost $1.3 while a plan from Sen. Max Baucua (D-Mont.) would cost $1.6 trillion. He also said neithert plan mandates that business owners provide healthn insurance fortheir employees.
Greczyn said most uninsured worker are employed by companies with 25 workers or fewer and that the Kennedt bill would leave 37 million ofthe nation’as 47 million uninsured still without Different organizations weighing in on the health-reforkm plans have disputed those numbers.

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