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STATE OF MAINE
DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
BUREAU OF INSURANCE

Applications for intervention were filed in the above-captioned proceeding on August 9, 2007, by the Maine Association of Health Plans (“MEAHP”) and Consumers for Affordable Health Care (“CAHC”).

MEAHP explains that it is an incorporated association of health plans whose members are entities licensed by the Superintendent, including health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and third-party administrators. MEAHP asserts that pursuant to 24-A M.R.S.A. §§ 6913(2), 6913(3), and 6915 each of its members is required to pay savings offset payments which may be approved in this proceeding. MEAHP further asserts that the imposition of the assessment of the savings offset payment on paid claims of customers of its member companies will necessitate an increase in prices charged by the members to customers and potential customers and may result in loss of business due to such an increase. MEAHP concludes that each of its members is substantially and directly affected by the proceeding. MEAHP was a party in the underlying proceeding before the Dirigo Board, as well as a party to the Dirigo review proceedings conducted by the Superintendent in Docket Nos. INS-05-700 and INS-06-900.

CAHC explains that it is the State’s largest consumer health coalition whose mission is to advocate for affordable, quality health care with a membership that includes individuals as well as 37 businesses and organizations, with a collective membership representing the health care and coverage interests of over 200,000 Maine citizens. CAHC asserts that its members include (i) purchasers of health insurance coverage, including DirigoChoice, and (ii) insured and underinsured individuals and small businesses, and publicly insured individuals and families, in need of affordable coverage under DirigoChoice; and that these members’ health insurance rates, subsidies, and/coverage may be affected by this proceeding. CAHC was a party in the underlying proceeding before the Dirigo Board, as well as a party to the Dirigo review proceedings conducted by the Superintendent in Docket Nos. INS-05-700 and INS-06-900.

The Superintendent hereby GRANTS as of right under 5 M.R.S.A. § 9054(1) the separate applications for intervention of the Maine Association of Health Plans and Consumers for Affordable Health Care. As parties to the proceeding, the intervenors shall be bound by all procedural requirements set forth in Title 24-A of the Maine Revised Statutes, Bureau of Insurance Rule Ch. 350, and all procedural orders issued by the Superintendent during the course of this proceeding.

PER ORDER OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE

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