1420 Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania; rate increase for non-group major medical; filing no. 315-MMNG-1/98

Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania; Rate Increase for Non-Group Major Medical; Filing No. 315-MMNG-1/98

[27 Pa.B. 4516]

   Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Blue Shield submitted a filing requesting the Insurance Department's approval to increase the monthly rates by 29.07% for the Major Medical Non-Group Program for an effective date of January 1, 1998. The proposed increase will produce an estimated additional annual income of $1.3 million and will affect approximately 7,200 policy holders.

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

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

GREGORY S. MARTINO,   
Acting Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-1420. Filed for public inspection August 29, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]