By Mary Branham Dusenberry
Reforming the health care system won’t be easy, speakers at a workshop on the topic said Sunday.
But everybody knows change is coming as Congress considers options at the national level. In fact, some of those changes have been implemented as President Obama signed the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Feb. 4.
The goal—getting more people insured—is admirable, Joan Gardner, executive director of State Services for Blue Cross Blue Shield, said. But plans for a national exchange, she said, could create problems. A government-run plan would create an uneven playing field between that plan and those provided in the private sector, she said.
But she acknowledged that changes need to be made.
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