Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina CEO Greczyn says health-care reform will come slowly, if at all - The Business Review (Albany):

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Greczyn, speaking during the Triangle BusinessJournap ’s State of Chapel Hill event Friday morning, said he has been in talkss with the White House over various reform plans, and that while he supports national health-care reform, he does not see any significant changes for five to 10 “We’ll be having a lot of fun with this,” he said of health-car reform discussions. BCBSNC drew national attention last monthj when published a story saying theChapek Hill-based insurer, which is the 10th largest in the was creating a online campaign to derail health-care reform.
The article led to Greczyn receiviny phone calls from theWhite House, he Greczyn said The Post had insufficient information when it ran its The insurer has posted those videose on a Web site, www.nchealthreform.com, which the company says is intendes to help educate North Carolina residentw about health reform. Greczyn said he has concernz about the plans that are makingv their way throughthe nation’s capital, saying a plan sponsoredr by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) would cost $1.3 while a plan from Sen. Max Baucuzs (D-Mont.) would cost $1.6 trillion. He also said neithee plan mandates that business owners provide healthu insurance fortheir employees.
Greczyn said most uninsure workers are employed by companiews with 25 workers or fewer and that the Kennedy bill wouldd leave 37 million ofthe nation’s 47 milliojn uninsured still without Different organizations weighing in on the health-reform plana have disputed those numbers.