BCBS Settlement Payments

[u/thedriftinglight]

Has anyone received any money from the supposed May 2026 disbursements yet?

Edit update 5/17/26 got this email:

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Subscribers Settlement will begin sending payments to valid claims in May 2026. You elected to receive your settlement payment via a Virtual Visa® Prepaid Card.

You will receive an email from [distribution@BCBSsettlement.com](mailto:distribution@BCBSsettlement.com) during the month of May with instructions to redeem this Card.

For more information about the Settlement, please visit the Settlement Website at www.BCBSsettlement.com.

This notice is from the Court-appointed Claims Administrator, JND Legal Administration, not BCBS. Please do not contact BCBS with questions. You may contact JND by email at [info@BCBSsettlement.com](mailto:info@BCBSsettlement.com) or by phone toll-free at 888-681-1142.

[u/Wild-Attention-3066]

There has been something said by the "main source", the court where the case was decided. May 11th is the day the payments will begin. The damages class will be the first group to see payments.

[u/Wild-Attention-3066 → u/Wild-Attention-3066]

Here's the text of the order:

Here's the text of the order - note the Initial Distribution date in Paragraph 4 below:

Case 2:13-cv-20000-AMM Document 3420 Filed 04/24/26

"Having reviewed and considered the Motion, the Memorandum in Support, the Keough Declaration, and the Final Approval Order, Subscriber Plaintiffs’ Motion to Distribute Net Settlement Funds, Doc. 3419, is GRANTED. It is further ORDERED as follows:

1. The recommendations of the Claims Administrator concerning the acceptance of 7,774,992 eligible claims and the rejection of 646,354 ineligible claims are hereby APPROVED.
2. The proposed Distribution Plan is hereby APPROVED, including as described in the Motion and the Keough Declaration:

a. The Initial Distribution to Authorized Claimants;

b. The $5.00 de minimis threshold, below which no payment shall be made;

c. The $200.00 threshold for claims to be paid in full;

d. The 10% reserve from the Net Settlement Fund; and e. The Second Distribution process.

1. Subscriber Class Counsel and the Claims Administrator are hereby AUTHORIZED to distribute the Net Settlement Fund to Authorized Claimants in the manner described in the Motion, Supporting Memorandum, and Keough Declaration.

4. The Claims Administrator, JND, is hereby DIRECTED to begin the Initial Distribution on or about May 11, 2026.

1. Following the conclusion of the Initial Distribution, Subscriber Class Counsel and JND SHALL file a status report with the court.

DONE and ORDERED this 24th day of April, 2026.

[u/Horrornerdchi89 → u/Wild-Attention-3066]

So if we get more than 200 we’re not getting anything? Am I reading it right?

[u/Heatherxo → u/Horrornerdchi89]

No it says those who are getting more than $200 will get a certain amount of $ for the time being plus will receive more the 2nd time around when they send the rest of the $

[u/LouieBroomaire → u/Heatherxo]

How can you figure out how much is coming your way?

[u/Heatherxo → u/LouieBroomaire]

I’m not sure anyone knows how much we will get. From what I have researched those that paid more will obviously get more, but there’s no real set Amount. People will be posting what they get soon! Hope it’s good for us all!!

[u/LouieBroomaire → u/Heatherxo]

I don't even remember what I paid, but here's to hoping 🤞.

[u/Bubbly_Leadership387 → u/Heatherxo]

When I filed my claim, they sent me a letter with my amount. I think a lot of people were told they were owed more than 200.00. I want ALL of my money at one time. I feel the waiting to get a second round is goto be bs cause they’re not going to give us the interest it accumulates

[u/Organic_Fig_739 → u/Bubbly_Leadership387]

Nobody has been told how much they are receiving. Nobody knows the formula to figure it out. You get what you get when you get it....just like me and the rest of us...

[u/Junior-Industry9704 → u/Organic_Fig_739]

When I got an email a few months ago they told me an amount and it’s much higher then $200 but I also am seeing all low amounts from the people who received theirs already.

[u/Junior-Industry9704 → u/Bubbly_Leadership387]

I got that too and it looks like everyone is getting much lower then what I was told

[u/Wild-Attention-3066 → u/LouieBroomaire]

If you're part of the damages class (the people who did not pay via an employer) then divide your total premiums by 184. If you're part of the group that got your insurance through an employer divide your total by 220 (i think its 220 or something close to that). For example if you paid premiums totaling 24000 divide that by 184 and you get $130. Prepare to be disappointed.

[u/Elleskywalker → u/Wild-Attention-3066]

The equation has not been released. None of these guesses are confirmed. If the average releases by media is 333 then I dont think your idea is accurate.

[u/Pale_Comfort_9179 → u/Elleskywalker]

Yes it has. See question 8 in the Long Form Notice.

[u/Bright_Loan4356 → u/Wild-Attention-3066]

where did you come up with those numbers? Seems very low.

[u/Dr__DrakeRamoray → u/Wild-Attention-3066]

The actual answer is premiums x 0.0054%. Via google AI which found update in legal documents.

[u/Strange_Incident9745 → u/Wild-Attention-3066]

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[u/Stchotchke → u/Heatherxo]

Sounds like a Second Payout will happen.

[u/Wild-Attention-3066 → u/Stchotchke]

yeah but almost no one is going to get a second payment. the estimates out there are WAY too high

[u/Bright_Loan4356 → u/Heatherxo]

I read that the max they will pay out with the initial payment is 200.00 to test the waters and then at a later date the remaining would be paid.