Independence Blue Cross; Filing 12-P-2000 [30 Pa.B. 4486] By Filing 12-P-2000, Independence Blue Cross submitted a proposal to adjust the premium rates for its Medicare supplement business with a weighted average rate increase of 8.10%. Specifically, the requested increases are as follows:
Percentage Increase Plan A 21.38% Plan B 7.81% Plan C 6.90% Plan H 13.78% An effective date of January 1, 2001, is requested. The proposed rate adjustment would affect approximately 73,000 members, and would produce an additional annual premium income of approximately $5.7 million.
Copies of the filing are available for public inspection during normal working hours, by appointment, at the Insurance Department's Harrisburg Regional Office and Philadelphia Regional Office.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Rashmi Mathur, 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. 00-1480. Filed for public inspection August 25, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]
