1663 Highmark Inc. d/b/a Highmark Blue Shield; request to increase rates for MedigapBlue hospital plans A, B, C and H (central region); rate filing no. 200319

Highmark Inc. d/b/a Highmark Blue Shield; Request to Increase Rates for MedigapBlue Hospital Plans A, B, C and H (Central Region); Rate Filing No. 200319

[33 Pa.B. 4257]

   Highmark Inc. d/b/a Highmark Blue Shield requests approval to increase its premium rates for MedigapBlue Hospital Plans A, B, C and H (Central Region). The filing requests increases of 9.4%, 8.5%, 8.6% and 7.7% of current premium for Plans A, B, C, and H, respectively. The requested effective date of the change is January 1, 2004.

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

   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,   
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-1663. Filed for public inspection August 22, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]