1708 Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; PPACA reform changes; applicability—medically underwritten PPOBlue High Deductible Health Plan (western Pennsylvania); rate filing

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; PPACA Reform Changes; Applicability—Medically Underwritten PPOBlue High Deductible Health Plan (Western Pennsylvania); Rate Filing

[40 Pa.B. 5270]
[Saturday, September 11, 2010]

 On August 25, 2010, the Insurance Department (Department) received a filing from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield requesting approval to add a Tier 4 to its PPOBlue High Deductible Health Plan to reflect the anticipated cost of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law on March 23, 2010. The filing will be effective November 1, 2010.

 Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to November 24, 2010, the subject filing may be deemed approved by operation of law.

 A copy of the filing is available on the Department's web site at www.insurance.pa.gov. Under the tab ''How to Find. . .'' click on the link ''Current Rate Filings.''

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

 Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Cherri Sanders-Jones, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation, Room 1311, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, [e-mail] within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

ROBERT L. PRATTER, 
Acting Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1708. Filed for public inspection September 10, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]