Actors’ Equity members will need to work more weeks to qualify for health insurance coverage in 2021.
In a new plan unveiled Thursday by the Equity-League Health Fund, members will need to work 16 weeks to qualify for six months of coverage, compared to the previous threshold of 11 weeks. The health fund, which operates separately from Actors’ Equity, said the changes had to be made due to a lack of employer contributions, which make up 88% of the fund’s revenue.
Actors’ Equity does not support the changes due to concerns about how they may disproportionally affect some of its members.
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