1189 Independence Blue Cross; basic Blue Cross community-rated group rate increase; filing no. 1-P-02

INSURANCE DEPARTMENT

Independence Blue Cross; Basic Blue Cross Community-Rated Group Rate Increase; Filing No. 1-P-02

[32 Pa.B. 3329]

   Independence Blue Cross requests Insurance Department approval for a 30.3% premium rate increase effective October 1, 2002, on the community-rated basic Blue Cross hospitalization program.

   The proposed rate increase would impact approximately 3,657 contracts and produce additional annual premium income for IBC of $5.3 million.

   Copies of the filing are available for public inspection during normal working hours, by appointment, at the Insurance Department's regional 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,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-1189. Filed for public inspection July 5, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]