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Greczyn, speaking during the Triangle BusinessJournall ’s State of Chapel Hill event Friday said he has been in talks with the White House over various reform plans, and that while he supports national health-care reform, he does not see any significanrt changes for five to 10 years. “We’lpl be having a lot of fun with he saidof health-care reform discussions. BCBSNCC drew national attention last monthb when published a story saying theChapeol Hill-based insurer, which is the 10th largestg in the nation, was creating a online campaigb to derail health-care reform. The article led to Greczybn receiving phone calls from theWhite House, he said.
Greczymn said The Post had insufficient information when it ran its The insurer has posted those videoz on aWeb site, www.nchealthreform.com, which the companyu says is intended to help educatre North Carolina residents about health Greczyn said he has concerns about the plansx that are making their way through the nation’e capital, saying a plan sponsored by Sen. Edwarr Kennedy (D-Mass.) would cost $1.3 trillion, while a plan from Sen. Max Baucus would cost $1.6 trillion. He also said neither plan mandatee that business owners provide health insurance for their employees.
Greczyn said most uninsured worker s are employed by companies with 25 workers or fewer and that the Kennedty bill would leave 37 milliomn ofthe nation’s 47 million uninsures still without coverage. Different organizations weighing in onthe health-refor m plans have disputed thosse numbers.
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