1520 Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania; Blue Care nongroup cooperative (nongroup conversion and direct enrollment); rate filing

Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania; Blue Care Nongroup Cooperative (Nongroup Conversion and Direct Enrollment); Rate Filing

[37 Pa.B. 4600]
[Saturday, August 18, 2007]

   By filing No. 1365-BCNGCOOP-1/1/08 Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania requests approval to increase rates for its Nongroup Cooperative Program (Nongroup Conversion and Direct Enrollment). The filing requests a rate increase of 25%. This will affect about 7,730 subscribers and will produce additional revenue of about $2.03 million annually. The requested effective date of the change is January 1, 2008.

   Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to November 1, 2007, the subject filing may be deemed approved by operation of law.

   A copy of the filing is available on the Insurance Department's (Department) website at www.ins.state. pa.us. Under the Quick Links section, click on the link ''Rate Filings Published in the PA Bulletin.''

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

   Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Cherri Sanders-Jones, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation and Market Enforcement, Room 1311, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, [e-mail], within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

JOEL SCOTT ARIO,   
Acting Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 07-1520. Filed for public inspection August 17, 2007, 9:00 a.m.]