I’m slow finding out about this, but ten days ago Wakemed and UnitedHealthcare apparently kissed and made up after UHC’s dropping the hospital from its coverage left many patients hanging.
Once I got laid off in May this became a non-issue for me, ironically. Still, its good to see that UHC recognizes the valuable care Wakemed provides. After the movie Sicko came out there is no doubt in my mind who the good guys were in this matter.
Brian Bowman’s Wilson Fiber site has the text of the substitute HB 1587 that came out of the House finance committee today. Check out the PDF here and here is the text:
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Mark Kleinschmidt reports (and Wilson’s Brian Bowman confirms) that N.C. House Bill 1587, the so-called Local Government Fair Competition Act, has been moved to committee. This effectively kills it, thanks to the many citizens who let their opposition be heard!
Says, Kleinschmidt:
Reports from the committee meetings tell me that after the committee’s action, Chairman Luebke publicly thanked those who took part in the “tremendous grass roots effort, ” that “brought this bill to a halt.”
I got to Baltimore this morning and realized I packed no less than three watches. Being that I only have two arms to wear them on, this is quite unusual indeed.
I wonder what message I’m trying to send myself.
