Archive for March 2010

More on health care reform legislation

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Now that health care reform legislation has passed we’re not finished talking about it, and I think that’s a good thing. As I said last week, we need to keep moving forward.
Last week, Sarah Avery, the medical reporter for the Raleigh News & Observer spent a day in UNC Hospitals talking with a variety [...]

Health Reform — hurray

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

This week will long be remembered as a momentous time in American health policy and politics.
President Obama signed the landmark health reform legislation and the Senate seems poised to complete the complicated process with passage of a reconciliation bill making a number of changes in the earlier law.
I have long worked for far-reaching overhaul of [...]

Larry Keith: A Remembrance

Monday, March 1st, 2010

It is my privilege to join all of you today (Feb. 22, 2010) to honor and celebrate the legacy of Larry Keith.
I speak on behalf of UNC – and I believe I speak for my fellow deans and other colleagues and the hundreds and thousands of others who have come to know and love Larry.
Larry [...]

William L. Roper, MD, MPH
CEO, University of North Carolina
Health Care System