State employees and community activists are planning to protest a health care conference Friday morning.
The State Employees Association of North Carolina will be on the west side of 400 S. Salisbury St. on Friday at 9 a.m. to protest a meeting between health care lobbyists and Triangle CEOs, including Bob Greczyn of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.
The group will be calling for health care reform and a public option to make it more affordable.
"SEANC is demanding that Blue Cross put North Carolina citizens first instead of fighting a public health care option that will provide affordability, choice and competition to Blue Cross' 72.5 percent market share in North Carolina," SEANC stated in a press release.
The rally comes on the heels of another protest by SEANC last week outside of Blue Cross's corporate offices in Durham.
Update: SEANC has sent out a corrected press release, noting that the event will be at the Sheraton Hotel on Salisbury Street in Raleigh.
