1248 Independence Blue Cross; filing no. 8-P-98; rate increase for Community Rated Group Hospital Program

Rate Filing; Independence Blue Cross; Filing No. 8-P-98; Rate Increase for Community Rated Group Hospital Program

[28 Pa.B. 3724]

   Independence Blue Cross (IBC) requests Insurance Department approval for a 29.29% premium rate increase on its community rated Basic Blue Cross hospitalization program. The proposed rate increase would impact upon approximately 14,100 contracts and produce additional annual premium income of $9.0 million. The requested approval date is October 1, 1998.

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

   Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions, or objections to Bharat Patel, Actuary, Pennsylvania Insurance Department, Office of Rate and Policy Regulation, Bureau of Accident and Health Insurance, 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. 98-1248. Filed for public inspection July 13, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]