$2.67 Billion doesn’t even shake out to a payment for someone on one of these plans for more than 2/3 of the period covered by the settlement.

  • Talaraine@fedia.io
    66·
    4 days ago

    I wonder how many people didn’t get paid their ‘under 5 dollars’. Would be neat to add up that total.

    • VinegarChunks@lemmus.orgEnglish
      22·
      4 days ago

      If you divide $2.67 billion by US population 343 million you get $7.77 per person. And not every person uses BCBS or could even be part of the settlement. so I really wonder what trickery is used to say OP got less than $5.

      • sunsofold@lemmy.zip
        102·
        3 days ago

        Well…

        The attourneys get their cut. That’s a tenth right there.

        Then there’s the other attourneys. That’s another tenth gone.

        Uh… they probably charged some expenses. That could add up pretty quick.

        Oh, and there’s probably a settlement firm handling the disbursement, so that’s another pack of attourney’s fees and whatnot.

        Then you have the accountants checking all the fees, processing all the payments, etc. That’s another round.

        Then there’s the bribes. These things can’t be trusted to anyone who isn’t on payroll.

        Add on some clerical workers and a director to organise the whole operation.

        Are the humans still getting paid? That’s not allowed. What else can we pretend is reasonable to exclude?

      • Talaraine@fedia.io
        2·
        4 days ago

        Probably the trickery that had some executive looking at that ‘meaningless’ number and thinking they should shave it off for their next yacht.

    • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      3 days ago

      I got approx. $9 on an e-gift card. BCBS fucked me over real hard for years. I hope all of their poops feel like a thousand monkeys clawing their way out of their anus.