The new Republican majority in the North Carolina General Assembly is working to add the state to the roster of jurisdictions fighting the federal health reform law passed by Democrats in the U.S. Congress last year.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has paid a $95,000 fine for a series of automated phone calls urging state residents to voice their opposition to national health care reform.

Twenty North Carolina lawmakers are asking the state’s insurance department and attorney general to investigate lobbying by BlueCross and BlueShield of North Carolina against federal health reform efforts.