INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Aetna US HealthCare of Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania; Rate Filing [30 Pa.B. 1607] On February 15, 2000 Aetna US HealthCare of Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania submitted a rate filing requesting an increase of 38.5% for medical and 49.7% for pharmacy, relative to the last approved base rates of July 1, 1996. The requested increase represents an average annual increase of 9.1% on medical and 11.4% on pharmacy. The proposal will effect about 46,000 medical members and 41,000 pharmacy members. The increase will result in an additional annual premium income of approximately $18 million ($14.5 million on medical and $3.5 million on pharmacy). An effective date of April 1, 2000, is requested.
Copies of the filing are available for public inspection during normal working hours, by appointment, at the Insurance Department's Harrisburg Regional Office.
Interested Parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Cherri Sanders-Jones, Actuary Bureau of Accident and Health Insurance, Insurance Department, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
M. DIANE KOKEN,
Insurance Commissioner[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-493. Filed for public inspection March 17, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]
