Calculation of Years of Coverage. For each Participating Class Member, Blue Cross will calculate the number of years that the Participating Class Member purchased a fully insured contract during the Class Period. The years do not need to be consecutive. A consecutive twelve-month period cannot count toward more than one year. For example, if several subgroups have been combined into a single entity for purposes of Distribution Eligibility, as described in Paragraph 20(A), above, then the Participating Class Member cannot claim the same calendar year as counting toward more than one year of purchase. For purposes of weighting the calculation of distribution, Participating Class Members will be placed into one of three categories: (a) those Participating Class Members that have contracted with Blue Cross for at least one full day but less than one year, as of the Eligibility Date; (b) those Participating Class Members that have contracted with Blue Cross for one year but less than three years, as of the Eligibility Date; and (c) those Participating Class Members that have contracted with Blue Cross for three or more years, as of the Eligibility Date. Groups that have contracted with Blue Cross for one year but less than three years, will receive four times more than groups of the same size category that contracted with Blue Cross for at least one full day but less than one year, but subject to the maximum distribution provision in subparagraph G, below. Groups that have contracted with Blue Cross for three or more years will receive nine times more than groups of the same size category that contracted with Blue Cross for at least one full day but less than one year, but subject to the maximum distribution provision in subparagraph G, below. See Exh. 1.
