1494 Pennsylvania Blue Shield: Basic medical/surgical individual product rates (nongroup direct pay policy holders); filing no. 96110000

Pennsylvania Blue Shield; Basic Medical/Surgical Individual Product Rates (Nongroup Direct Pay Policy Holders); Filing No. 96110000

[26 Pa.B. 4380]

   By filing no. 96110000, Pennsylvania Blue Shield requests approval of an increase to its medical/surgical individual product rates for UCR 100, 5000S, Plan C and 1800S. The filing requests increases ranging from 0% to 24.7%, varying by product and Blue Cross Plan area, resulting in an aggregate increase of 13.6%.

   This is the first rate increase requested for this segment since 1991. The request is to implement the new rates effective November 1, 1996. The rate increase will generate an additional annual income of about $5.4 million and will affect approximately 51,500 policy holders.

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

   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, 1311 Strawberry 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. 96-1494. Filed for public inspection September 6, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]