1549 Independence Blue Cross: Rate increase for Medicare Supplement Programs: Plans A, B, C and H (Security 65); filing no. 8-P-96

Independence Blue Cross; Rate Increase for Medicare Supplement Programs:  Plans A, B, C and H (Security 65); Filing No. 8-P-96

[26 Pa.B. 4481]

   By filing no. 8-P-96, Independence Blue Cross submits for Insurance Department approval a request to increase the premium rates by 13.69% for its Medicare Supplement business. An effective date of January 1, 1997 is requested.

   The proposed rate increase of 13.69% will affect approximately 116,600 members and will produce additional premium income of about $10.3 million per year.

   Copies of the filing are available for public inspection during normal working hours, by appointment, at the Insurance Department's offices in Harrisburg and Philadelphia.

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

LINDA S. KAISER,   
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-1549. Filed for public inspection September 13, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]