City of Philadelphia v. Pennsylvania Insurance Department

OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI.

Before this Court are two consolidated appeals from an order of the Commonwealth’s Insurance Commissioner, M. Diane Koken, approving in part Applications for Approval of Reserves and Surpluses of over $4 billion by Capital Blue Cross, 1 Highmark, Inc., 2 Hospital Service Assoeia tion of Northeastern Pennsylvania d/b/a Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and Independence Blue Cross 3 (collectively, the Blue Plans). The parties appealing the approval — policyholders, subscribers and public interest groups, along with the City of Philadelphia (collectively,…