Blue Cross Blue Shield to issue $2.67 billion settlement payments: See if you're eligible

A monolithic $2.67 cardinal healthcare colony is astir to administer payments to claimants. The ineligible quality has been brewing since 2013, erstwhile a class-action suit claimed that Blue Cross Blue Shield wellness security plans violated antitrust laws.

The lawsuit progressive much than 30 Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated companies that were accused of dividing markets and stifling competition.

Who is eligible to beryllium paid, and however overmuch volition they receive?

Here are the latest details.

Blue Cross Blue Shield colony payments are acceptable to statesman

Blue Cross Blue Shield denied claims that it constricted competition, and, arsenic a result, caused wellness security premiums to rise. In fact, determination was nary verdict successful the case; a colony was yet reached aft years of ineligible wrangling.

All appeals person been resolved, and the colony is final.

The institution says payments to valid claimants volition statesman successful May 2026.

Who volition beryllium paid successful the Blue Cross Blue Shield settlement?

If you were covered by a Blue Cross oregon Blue Shield wellness security argumentation betwixt 2008 and 2020 — and filed a colony assertion anterior to Nov. 5, 2021 — you whitethorn beryllium eligible to person a colony payment.

The deadline to record a assertion has passed.

How overmuch are the colony payments?

The $2.67 cardinal colony fund, present estimated astatine $1.9 cardinal aft attorneys' fees and administrative costs, volition beryllium paid to immoderate 6 cardinal policyholders who filed claims. Payouts are expected to beryllium astir $333 per claim, according to USA Today. However, immoderate claimant expected to person $5 oregon little volition not person a payment.

Blue Cross Blue Shield says it is presently reviewing claims and sending emails and postcards to those who filed claims.

If you are contacted, travel the directions included successful the notice. If you hold with the accusation provided, determination is thing further to do. If you privation to quality premium amounts paid oregon immoderate different details, you volition beryllium provided with a website nexus to upload supporting documentation.

You whitethorn besides message successful the documentation for your dispute. You volition beryllium provided a assertion fig to notation successful your correspondence.

If you person questions

If you are looking for much accusation connected the Blue Cross Blue Shield settlement, you tin telephone 888-681-1142 oregon email [email protected]. The mailing code is: Blue Cross Blue Shield Settlement, c/o JND Legal Administration, PO Box 91390, Seattle, WA 98111.