2112 Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania; Prescription Drug Rating Trend for Experience-Rated Group Business; filing no. 2-FSD-96-WP

Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania; Prescription Drug Rating Trend for Experience-Rated Group Business; Filing No. 2-FSD-96-WP

[26 Pa.B. 6035]

   On November 22, 1996, Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania submitted filing no. 2-FSD-96-WP for Insurance Department approval. This revises the rating trend factor from 6.1% to 9.9% per year, applicable to experience-rated groups having freestanding prescription drug programs. Approximately 500,000 group subscribers are covered under these programs. The requested effective date is March 1, 1997.

   Copies of filing are available for public inspection during normal working hours, by appointment, at the Insurance Department's offices in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Erie.

   Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Bharat Patel, Insurance Department, Office of Rate and Policy Regulation, Bureau of Accident and Health Insurance, Actuarial Review Division, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

LINDA S. KAISER,   
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-2112. Filed for public inspection December 13, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]