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

The public hearing in this matter is set for September 9, 2008, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in Room 209 of the Burton M. Cross Building, 111 Sewall Street, Augusta, Maine. Consistent with my previous rulings, the hearing will consist of oral argument by the parties. I will entertain argument by counsel on the following topics adopted by the Dirigo Board for determining aggregate measurable cost savings as presented in its filing, totaling $149,600,000: (1) hospital initiatives [$119,400,000]; (2) uninsured/underinsured initiatives [$23,600,000]; (3) medical loss ratio [$6,600,000]; and (4) overlap [$0]. Each party will be allotted a total of thirty (30) minutes to make oral argument, inclusive of questioning by me, on the four topics adopted by the Board. At the beginning of the hearing on September 9th, each party will be required to identify its time allocation among the four topics for argument at the hearing. Additionally, each party will be allotted ten (10) minutes for argument, to be presented at the conclusion of the argument on the four topics, on issues that are relevant to my determination and not concerning the four topics.

The order of argument will begin with hospital initiatives, followed by uninsured/underinsured initiatives, followed next by medical loss ratio, and lastly overlap. Dirigo will go first on each topic, followed by the payor intervenors in an order they may select (i.e., the Maine Automobile Dealers Association Insurance Trust, the Maine Association of Health Plans, the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, and Anthem), and then Consumers for Affordable Health Care (CAHC). At the conclusion of the arguments on the four topics, the ten-minute argument opportunity will begin with the payor intervenors in an order they may select, followed by CAHC, and concluding with Dirigo.

PER ORDER OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE

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