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

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Greczyn, speaking during the Triangle BusinessJournal ’s State of Chapel Hill evenyt Friday morning, said he has been in talkz with the White Hous over various reform plans, and that while he supportx national health-care reform, he does not see any significan t changes for five to 10 “We’ll be having a lot of fun with this,” he said of health-care reform discussions. BCBSNC drew national attention last monthu when published a story saying theChapel Hill-basexd insurer, which is the 10th largest in the was creating a online campaign to derail health-carew reform. The article led to Greczymn receiving phone calls from theWhitew House, he said.
Greczyn said The Post had insufficien t information when it ranits story. The insurerd has posted those videos on aWeb www.nchealthreform.com, which the company says is intended to help educate North Carolin residents about health reform. Greczyb said he has concerns about the plans that are makingt their way throughthe nation’s saying a plan sponsored by Sen. Edware Kennedy (D-Mass.) would cost $1.3 trillion, while a plan from Sen. Max Baucuxs (D-Mont.) would cost $1.6 He also said neither plan mandates that business owners providre health insurance fortheir employees.
Greczyn said most uninsured workers are employec by companies with 25 workers or fewer and that the Kennedy bill would leave 37 million ofthe nation’d 47 million uninsured stillp without coverage. Different organizationx weighing in onthe health-reform plans have disputes those numbers.