1982 Capital BlueCross Co. rate filing; hospitalization portion of traditional non-group individual direct pay basic hospitalization/medical-surgicial/major medical preferred provide benefit contract; CBC filing no. 10-ZZZZ?
Capital BlueCross Co. Rate Filing; Hospitalization Portion of Traditional Non-Group Individual Direct Pay Basic Hospitalization/Medical-Surgical/Major Medical Preferred Provide Benefit Contract; CBC Filing No. 10-ZZZZ [40 Pa.B. 6047]
[Saturday, October 16, 2010]On September 29, 2010, the Insurance Department (Department) received from Capital BlueCross Co. a filing for a rate increase for the medical-surgical/major medical supp. portion of its Traditional Non-Group Individual Direct Pay Basic Hospitalization/Medical-Surgical/Major Medical Plan to reflect the anticipated cost of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law on March 23, 2010.
The company requests a 3.2% rate increase to reflect these required changes.
The requested effective date of the change is January 1, 2011, although the newly mandated benefits will become effective for new polices issued on or after September 23, 2010.
Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to December 30, 2010, the subject filing may be deemed approved by operation of law.
A copy of the filing is available on the Department's web site at www.insurance.pa.gov. To access the filing, under ''How to Find . . .'' click on ''View Current Rate Filings.''
Copies of the filing are also available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal working hours at the Department's Harrisburg office.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to James Sabater, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation and Market Enforcement, Room 1311, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, jsabater@state.pa.us within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
ROBERT L. PRATTER,
Acting Insurance Commissioner[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1982. Filed for public inspection October 15, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
