1192 Independence Blue Cross; Blue Cross community rated group rate increase; rate filing no. 2-P-01

Independence Blue Cross; Blue Cross Community Rated Group Rate Increase; Filing No. 2-P-01

[31 Pa.B. 3493]

   Independence Blue Cross requests the Insurance Department's (Department) approval for a 30.7% premium rate increase effective October 1, 2001, for the community rated Basic Blue Cross hospitalization program.

   The proposed rate increase would impact approximately 5,868 contracts and produce additional annual premium income of $6.8 million.

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

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

M. DIANE KOKEN,   
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-1192. Filed for public inspection June 29, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]