A town hall meeting on health care reform will be held this evening on North Carolina Central University's Campus following several other similar meetings in the Triangle this week.

For the third straight day a North Carolina congressman will try to talk to people about health care reform, but for the last couple of meetings these discussions have turned into debates.

Wednesday night in Lillington Congressman Bob Etheridge participated in the State Employees forum and was met with cheers and jeers. On Tuesday Congressman G.K. Butterfield held a town hall forum in Rocky Mount where there were just as many people there supporting the ideas as those against them.

The debate over health care reform is taking place between friends, in town halls and on the Web. Insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina updated a video on their Web site Thursday where CEO Bob Gretczyn explained the company's position.

"While we have consistently supported the goals of health care reform, we do not support the inclusion of a government run health insurance option," Gretczyn said in a portion of the two-minute video.

BCBS Vice President of Health Policy Barbara Morales Burke said expanding on the current health care system makes more sense. She said the effect of a government-run insurance option would translate into underpaying health care providers.

"When that happens, those health care providers are going to have to shift their unpaid costs onto the private insurance plans," Burke said.

The perspective changes slightly at WakeMed, which treats a large number of the uninsured in the Triangle. CEO Dr. Bill Atkinson said he does not believe government involvement will undermine the private sector.

"I think you have to approach it from a federal perspective, but that said, whenever we can encourage the private sector to do it we should do just that," Atkinson said.

Atkinson said there is a large role for the private sector to play but the end result will be a combination of ideas.

"I think we need to take steps that fill the gaps and that's not in favor of a public or private option it just says you have to have people covered," Atkinson said.