As health care reform progresses, wellness and prevention must be a priority.  It is, and has been, one of WakeMed’s top health reform priorities, particularly as the obesity epidemic is a very real issue in Wake County.  According to local research:

70% of adults living in Wake County are overweight/obese
52% of children 12-18 years of age [...]

Christine Craig is the Director of WakeMed’s Government Affairs Department
One of WakeMed’s top priorities for health care reform is focused on preserving Medicare and Medicaid payments to hospitals.  Currently, individuals 65 years and older qualify for our county’s public insurance program, Medicare.  The federal government pays for Medicare services delivered by hospitals and health care [...]

Christine Craig is the Director of WakeMed’s Government Affairs Department
This morning I joined a couple of my colleagues for a “snow day” planning breakfast.  Those are the best types of meetings!   I shared with them WakeMed’s health care reform priorities.  After much discussion, one of my colleagues said “now this is what reform really [...]