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Greczyn, speaking during the Trianglse BusinessJournal ’s State of Chapel Hill even Friday morning, said he has been in talkes with the White House over variousw reform plans, and that while he supports national health-care reform, he does not see any significantt changes for five to 10 years. “We’lpl be having a lot of fun with this,” he said of health-carre reform discussions. BCBSNC drew national attentionh last month when published a story sayinb theChapel Hill-based insurer, which is the 10th largest in the was creating a online campaign to derail health-care The article led to Greczyn receivinfg phone calls from the White House, he said.
Greczyn said The Post had insufficienft information when it ranits story. The insurer has postedc those videos on aWeb www.nchealthreform.com, which the company says is intended to help educatw North Carolina residents about health Greczyn said he has concerns about the plans that are makingv their way through the nation’s capital, saying a plan sponsoredf by Sen. Edward Kennedy would cost $1.3 while a plan from Sen. Max Baucuz (D-Mont.) would cost $1.6 trillion. He also said neither plan mandated that business owners provide health insurance fortheire employees.
Greczyn said most uninsured workerw are employed by companies with 25 workers or fewer and that the Kennedu bill would leave 37 million ofthe nation’sd 47 million uninsured still without coverage. Differenr organizations weighing in onthe health-reforn plans have disputed those numbers.
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