Document 52 : Docket No. 99-14 : Hearing Decision : Bureau of Insurance

STATE OF MAINE
DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
BUREAU OF INSURANCE
34 STATE HOUSE STATION
AUGUSTA, MAINE 04333-0034

In Re: Application of Associated Hospital Service of Maine,	)
d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine, To Convert to a	)
Stock Insurer and Voluntarily Liquidate and Dissolve	)
	)
And	)
	)
Application of Anthem Health Plan of Maine, Inc., To Acquire	)	CAHC’s Motion to Enlarge
the Assets of Associated Hospital Service of Maine,	)	Time
d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine, and Related	)
Transactions	)
	)
Consolidated Docket No. INS 99-14	)

Now comes Consumers for Affordable Health Care (CAHC), by and through its attorneys, with its request to enlarge time for filing its response to the Superintendent’s procedural order and notice of hearing until seven days after the pending motions to intervene, including its own, are acted upon. Because of the desire for coordination set forth in the procedural order, CAHC cannot adequately prepare its response to such orders until such motions are decided.

Respectfully submitted,

__________________________

Joseph Ditre, Esq.

Consumer Health Law Program

A Program of CAHC Foundation

One Weston Court, Level One

P.O. Box 2490

Augusta, ME 04338-2490

Ph: (207) 622-7083

Fx: (207) 622-7077

Email: jditre@mainecahc.org

_________________________

Patrick Ende, Esq.

Maine Equal Justice Partners

65 State Street, 2^nd Floor

P.O. Box 5347

Augusta, ME 04332-5347

Ph: 207-626-7058

Fx: 207-621-8148

Email: pende@mejp.org

Pc: Judith Shaw Chamberlain, Esq., AAG

Linda Pistner, Esq., Deputy Chief Attorney General

William H. Laubenstein, III, Esq., AAG

James B. Zimpritch, Esq., Pierce Atwood

Robert S. Frank, Esq., Harvey and Frank

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that on November 12, 1999, a copy of CAHC's motion to enlarge time was served by United States mail, first class postage prepaid, on each of the persons listed below.

Robert S. Frank, Esq.	James B. Zimpritch, Esq.
Harvey & Frank	Catherine R. Connors, Esq.
Two City Center	Pierce Atwood
P.O. Box 126	One Monument Square
Portland, Maine 04112	Portland, Maine 04101
(Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Maine)	(Attorneys for Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc.)


Judith Chamberlain, Esq.	Michele M. Garvin, Esq.
State of Maine	Ropes & Gray
Department of the Attorney General	One International Place
6 State House Station	Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624
Augusta, Maine 04333-0006	(Central Maine Healthcare Corp.)
(Office of the Attorney General)
William H. Laubenstein, Esq.	Robert I. Goldman
State of Maine	Maine Council of Senior Citizens
Department of the Attorney General	27 Bowery Beach Road
6 State House Station	Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107
Augusta, Maine 04333-0006	(Maine Council of Senior Citizens)
(Office of the Attorney General)
	John Dieffenbacher-Krall
Gregory A. Brodek, Esq.	Executive Director
Duane, Morris & Heckscher, LLP	Maine People's Alliance
15 Columbia Street, 4^th Floor	192 State Street
Bangor, Maine 04401-6355	Portland, Maine 04101
(Maine Health Alliance)	(Maine People's Alliance)

Andrew B. MacLean, Esq.	Bonnie Post
Maine Medical Association	Executive Director or the Maine
Frank O. Stred Building	Ambulatory Care Coalition
P.O. Box 190	P.O. Box 390
Manchester, Maine 04351	Manchester, Maine 04351
(Thomas D. Hayward, M.D.,	(Sacopee Valley Health Center,
Maroulla S. Gleaton, M.D.,	Regional Medical Center at Lubec,
And the Maine Medical Association)	Eastport Health Care, Inc., and the
	Maine Ambulatory Care Coalition)

Dated: November 12, 1999

________________________________

Joseph P. Ditre, Esq.