1352 Capital Blue Cross and Pennsylvania Blue Shield; individual comprehensive major medical program rate increase; filing no. 01-R

Capital Blue Cross and Pennsylvania Blue Shield; Individual Comprehensive Major Medical Program Rate Increase; Filing No. 01-R

[31 Pa.B. 4030]

   Capital Blue Cross and Pennsylvania Blue Shield request to increase the rates for the individual comprehensive major medical program known as ClassicComp. The proposed increase is 14.40% for non-HIPAA eligible contractholders and 31.61% for HIPAA eligible contractholders. This rate change will produce an estimated additional annualized income of $3.14 million and will affect approximately 6,000 contracts. An effective date of January 1, 2002, is requested.

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

   Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Rashmi Mather, 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. 01-1352. Filed for public inspection July 20, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]