1377 Capital Blue Cross and Pennsylvania Blue Shield; filing no. 98-Q; Individual Major Medical Program rate increase

Capital Blue Cross and Pennsylvania Blue Shield; Filing No. 98-Q; Individual Major Medical Program Rate Increase

[28 Pa.B. 4217]

   Capital Blue Cross and Pennsylvania Blue Shield propose to increase the rates for the Individual Major Medical Program. The proposed increase is 12.8%. This rate increase will produce an estimated additional annual income of $680,000 and will affect approximately 4,200 contracts. An effective date of January 1, 1999 is requested.

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

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

M. DIANE KOKEN,   
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-1377. Filed for public inspection August 21, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]