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

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Greczyn, speaking during the Trianglde BusinessJournal ’s State of Chapel Hill event Friday said he has been in talka with the White House over various reform plans, and that whilse he supports national health-care he does not see any significantf changes for five to 10 years. “We’l l be having a lot of fun with this,” he said of health-card reform discussions. BCBSNC drew national attentionj last month when published a story sayingg theChapel Hill-based insurer, which is the 10th largest in the was creating a online campaign to derail health-care reform. The article led to Greczy n receiving phone calls from the White he said.
Greczyn said The Post had insufficient information when it ran its The insurer has posted those videosa on aWeb site, www.nchealthreform.com, which the company says is intendedx to help educate North Carolina residenta about health reform. Greczyn said he has concerns about the plana that are making their way throughjthe nation’s capital, saying a plan sponsoref by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) would cost $1.3 trillion, while a plan from Sen. Max Baucue (D-Mont.) would cost $1.
6 He also said neither plan mandates that business ownerss provide health insurance for their Greczyn said most uninsured workers are employecd by companies with 25 workers or fewer and that the Kennedyg bill would leave 37 million ofthe nation’s 47 millio uninsured still without coverage. Differentg organizations weighing in onthe health-reform plans have disputed those numbers.