‘One Job Away’ Campaign Highlights SAG-AFTRA Actors’ Struggle to Qualify for Health Insurance: “This Is Systemic”
Amid the industry consolidation and lack of work in Hollywood, actors are speaking up about needing help to qualify for SAG-AFTRA’s health insurance plan this year.
Cheyenne Jackson, known for his onscreen roles in several seasons of American Horror Story, 30 Rock and Glee, launched the movement Monday morning on his Instagram to highlight actors in need of one more or a few more gigs to meet the SAG-AFTRA minimum of $28,000 in annual earnings to get health insurance. Within 24 hours, he says he “received hundreds and hundreds” of DMs from actors asking to be featured, with some highlighting only being a few hundred dollars short or a few thousand, and others pointing to an almost barren job landscape.
“This is systematic. This is like across the whole swath of SAG actors working right now,” Jackson tells The Hollywood Reporter. “This is what’s happening. People that have been leads
