{"id":2503,"date":"2010-04-24T01:00:19","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/?p=2503"},"modified":"2010-06-16T06:20:15","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T11:20:15","slug":"health-care-reform-making-progress-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2010\/04\/health-care-reform-making-progress-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Care Reform: Making Progress Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Health care reform became a reality when President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on March 23rd, 2010. A reconciliation bill, which made changes to PPACA, was signed into law one week later.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Health care reform will extend access to millions of people who need health insurance<\/a>. It\u2019s a historic step in the right direction. But there\u2019s still a lot of work to do to give Americans a health care system that they can both depend on and afford.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In keeping with the needs of North Carolinians, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina<\/a> is preparing for the many changes the new law requires.\u00a0However, because it\u2019s more than 2,000 pages long, there\u2019s a process to \u201ctranslate\u201d legislative language to best serve our customers. Federal regulations will also be required to implement many aspects of the law. When those regulations will be finalized is uncertain.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A few reform provisions are effective immediately. A number of them are effective six months from enactment of the law (September 2010). Many won\u2019t be implemented for several years.\u00a0 <\/span>While we don\u2019t have all the answers, we\u2019re working hard and fast to understand what these changes mean \u2013 for us and our customers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We hope Congress will build on this legislation by working to improve health care quality and more importantly, by committing to address the skyrocketing health care costs that drive the cost of insurance higher each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our customers can be assured that we\u2019re committed to moving forward and helping make the legislation work for all North Carolinians.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Posted by BlueCross Blue Shield of North Carolina<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For more information on <\/span>health insurance coverage in North Carolina<\/span><\/a>, please visit our website at <\/span>www.nchealthplans.com<\/span><\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our qualified agents. Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through <\/span>Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC). <\/span><\/a>You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health. Call us for details.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Health care reform became a reality when President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on March 23rd, 2010. A reconciliation bill, which made changes to PPACA, was signed into law one week later. \u00a0 Health care reform will extend access to millions of people who need health insurance. It\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,271],"tags":[23,136,321,820,38],"class_list":["post-2503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bcbsnc-insurance","category-health-care-reform","tag-bcbsnc","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-north-carolina","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-north-carolina-health-care-reform","tag-health-care-reform","tag-nc-health-insurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2503"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2888,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503\/revisions\/2888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}