INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Independence Blue Cross; Non-Group Rate Increase; Filing No. 8-P-97 [27 Pa.B. 4599] Independence Blue Cross Filing 8-P-97 requests a rate increase of 13% for its Non-Group Basic Blue Cross Programs and an increase of 25% for its Special Care Program. A January 1, 1998 effective date is proposed.
The proposed rate increase would affect approximately 28,000 policy holders, and would produce additional annual premium income of $5.0 million.
Copies of the filing are available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal working hours at the Insurance Department's offices in Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
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. 97-1456. Filed for public inspection September 5, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]
