Fwd: Media Advisory from Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart - Public Information Session on the Proposed Highmark - Blue Cross Blue Shield Affiliation
Chuck Mulholland
From: Jones Carol M. (DOI) <Carol...@state.de.us>
Date: Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:55 PM
Subject: Media Advisory from Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart - Public Information Session on the Proposed Highmark - Blue Cross Blue Shield Affiliation
To: cemulh...@gmail.com
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For Immediate Release |
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Elliott Jacobson |
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(202) 294 3266 - Cell (302) 674 7303 - Office |
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April 18, 2011
WHO? Delaware Department of Insurance
WHAT? Public Information Sessions on the
Proposed Highmark - Blue Cross Blue Shield Affiliation
WHEN & Monday, May 16, 2011, 6:30 pm-9:30 pm
WHERE Delaware Technical & Community College
William A. Carter Partnership Center, Room 555 A & B
Georgetown, DE 19947
Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 6:30 pm-9:30 pm
Delaware Department of Insurance
Hearing Room
841 Silver Lake Boulevard
Dover, DE 19904
Thursday, May 19, 2011, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Carvel State Building
820 North French Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
GENERAL INFORMATION
At the start of each of the public information sessions, representatives of Highmark and BCBSD will make short presentations concerning the proposed affiliation. Following those presentations, the floor will be opened for public comments and questions. Deputy Insurance Commissioner Gene Reed will facilitate the sessions.
Be advised that all comments received in advance of or during the sessions will be transcribed and will become part of the public record regarding this filing. Written answers to each question posed to Highmark and BCBSD (together, the “Applicants”) in advance of or during the sessions will be provided by the Applicants and posted on the Department’s website as soon as practicable after the information sessions.
Anyone wishing to speak about this proposed transaction at one of the above public information sessions may follow the procedure outlined below to preregister and submit advance written comments before Monday, May 9, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. Anyone who has not preregistered by this date but who wishes to speak must register within the first thirty minutes of each session, and will be permitted to speak at that session. Each speaker (or multiple speakers representing the same organization or entity) will be limited to a 5-minute presentation.
Everyone is strongly encouraged to preregister and provide advance copies of their comments. To preregister to speak at one of the above sessions and/or to submit advance copies of comments, please submit the following information, before Monday, May 9, 2011, at 4:00 p.m., to Linda Sizemore, Director of Company Regulation, via mail, hand, or parcel delivery (Delaware Department of Insurance, 841 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, DE 19904-2465), via fax (302-739-2709), or via electronic mail (Linda.S...@state.de.us): name; address; other contact information, such as telephone or email address; organization or entity represented, if any; date of session to attend; and written comments and/or questions.
Persons who are unable to attend the public information sessions or who would prefer to submit written comments in lieu of speaking at the information sessions may submit written comments by delivering a copy of their comments to Linda Sizemore, using the contact information above.
Individuals who require the assistance of auxiliary aids or services to participate in or attend one of these public information sessions can contact Linda Sizemore, using the contact information above.
Additional information about this matter is available at the following website:
http://www.delawareinsurance.gov/departments/bcbs/bcbs.shtml.
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