Feb5

so, sue me.

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looks like blue cross finally settled their class action lawsuit

for $14 billion, 991 million dollars, and some change

when reading through my letter of settlement

i see they used class action lawsuit math to arrive at my payment

 my $3 thousand and some dollars spent on what they considered ‘relevant purchases’

(plus all of my dollars spent with them that were considered ‘irrelevant’ )

are worth an award of exactly 5 cents.

which they noted, ‘of course is less than $10 dollars’

will be donated to free clinics of michigan (a good cause)

so perhaps the donation on my behalf

will help to purchase exactly 1/2 of 1 bandaid for someone.

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“i alone, could never have produced this book. i say this mainly in case there are lawsuits.”

-dave barry

 

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  14. American healthcare, they claim it is the besy in the world…

    I was also once involved in something similar, involving false claims by manufacturers over the fuel efficiency of diesel cars. It had millions of claimants, all across Europe. My eventual settlement was so low, the lawyers contacted me by email to say that it was less than the cost of sending me a settlement cheque by post. Like, you, I wasn’t expecting much, but it does make me wonder why they bother. My guess is that the lawyers get paid before dividing up what’s left.

    Best wishes, Pete.

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  16. Class action lawsuits really are a scam. The plaintiffs are the only ones NOT to benefit from them. The corporations get off paying a fraction of what they would have IF people could find lawyers willing to actually WORK on a case like these for a single plaintiff, then the lawyers take the lion’s share of the payout.

    Pretty sad when you consider that if Blue Shield got hit for almost 15 billion and didn’t even announce an appeal, you KNOW what they did was serious and systemic.

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