CNBC: NO SHOWS, NO INSURANCE: BROADWAY ACTORS LOSING HEALTH CARE AS SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON

Just over a year ago, Caitlin Kinnunen was sitting in Radio City Music Hall shoulder-to-shoulder with the biggest Broadway stars, listening to her name read as a Tony nominee for best leading actress in a musical.

This spring, Kinnunen found herself out of work as an actor after the Covid-19 pandemic forced a shutdown of professional theaters. The 29-year-old ultimately boxed up her New York apartment and drove across the country to move back into her parents’ home in Washington. 

Now, she faces a new threat: losing her health insurance.

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