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Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News:  Commissioners Vote to Send Letter Opposing Blue Cross Blue Shield NC Mailing (Pitt County)

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Re: Pitt leaders unhappy with BCBS
newsobserver.com projects - Comments — The Pitt County Board of Commissioners voted to send a letter to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina chastising the state's largest insurance provider over a mailer intended to whip up opposition to a public-run option to private health insurance. The (Greenville) Daily Reflector reports the commission voted Monday to send the letter. The county buys insurance coverage from Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and Commissioner Tom Johnson said the company should not use taxpayer money from Pitt County to send a partisan mailing, which included a card meant to put pressure on ...

Commissioners Vote to Send Letter Opposing Blue Cross Blue Shield NC Mailing (Pitt County)
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... and the company should not use taxpayer money from Pitt County to send a partisan mailing. Commissioners Kenneth Ross, Eugene James and Jimmy Garris voted against sending the letter. “I think we need to stay out of national politics, especially health care,” James said. “I think the less we say about it, the better off we are.” Commissioner Beth Ward agreed with Johnson. “If this kind of mailing is going to go to one of them, it should go to all of them,” Ward said. Read more: http://www.reflector.com/news/commissioners-vote-to-sen... Background Threads: ...