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FBIapprehensive do doctors expect questions like that doctors are getting more
and more comfortable with patients asking them questions I think the fact that
we now have access to so much information on the Internet doctors realize that
they're not the only ones that have information and are more willing to share
that with patients okay you mention the Blue Cross has been working on this for
a while what have you come up with well we have again the preventive benefits
that we have through rhea plans in our regular pp 0 plans we've actually been
working through the health reform things said all the changes from
the
I'm Obama administration on health care and we've been putting in the right kind
of benefits into our health plans to accommodate aloof that I we've also been
working around health information technology so we ‘reworking on an initiative
where we're providing electronic health records to primary care practices
across the state in the hopes that that health information system up then be
more efficient and better quality providers well I certainly feel like a better
consumer after talking with you thank you so much for this wealth of
information thank you and I've got a lot to think about as I can't seem to plan
my health coverage I want to thank our panelists for today’s discussion doctor
don Bradley
the
chief medical officer for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina of
course are last guest doctor jimmy come up a senior medical director Rick Ross
and doctor Sarah Smithson anew with the health care if you have more questions about
controlling medical costs visit Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina online
at CBS in C dot by the time a man reaches fifty years of age he has a 75 percent
chance up having an enlarged prostate and a percent chance having prostate
cancer as he continues to age these numbers continue to worsen it's an accepted
medical fact that of a man lives long enough someday prostate problem is
virtually guaranteed prostate problems are not however inevitable.