1423 Capital Blue Cross; rate increase for basic Blue Cross program for individual subscribers; filing no. 97-T

Capital Blue Cross; Rate Increase for Basic Blue Cross Program for Individual Subscribers; Filing No. 97-T

[27 Pa.B. 4516]

   By Filing No. 97-T, Capital Blue Cross and Pennsylvania Blue Shield propose to increase the rates for the Individual Basic Blue Cross Program. The proposed increase is 22.9%. This rate change will produce an estimated additional annual income of $3.9 million and will affect approximately 8,000 policy holders. An effective date of January 1, 1998 is requested.

   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. 97-1423. Filed for public inspection August 29, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]