...  by d_dock_2000: How, and why, did Health Czar Deparle get Blue Cross NC to drop their opposition to “Public Insurance”? “DeParle’s contacts already helped avoid one pitfall, Politico.com reported. When she heard that insurance company BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina planned a series of web-ads criticizing the White House-supported public insurance option, DeParle got on the phone to the company’s CEO. The end result: the ads were yanked.” (http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Nancy-Ann_DeParle) SCARY, HUH? “The disclosure statement ...