1506 Capital Blue Cross; filing no. 98-S; Security 65 program rate increase; Medicare Plans B, C and H

Capital Blue Cross; Filing No. 98-S; Security 65 Program Rate Increase; Medicare Plans B, C, and H

[28 Pa.B. 4684]

   Capital Blue Cross requested to increase the rates for the Security 65 Plans B, C and H. The proposed rate increases are 11.1% for Plan B, 3.4% for Plan C and 12.8% for Plan H. This rate change will produce an estimated additional annual income of $6.65 million and will affect approximately 103,600 contracts. An effective date of January 1, 1999 is requested.

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

   Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Bharat Patel, 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. 98-1506. Filed for public inspection September 11, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]