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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]As a SAG-AFTRA member, you have to make $26,000 a year to get health insurance. 87 percent of union members don't qualify annually." (source: SAG-AFTRA national board member, actor Dule Hill)[/quote]

This is inflated though. To be a SAG-AFTRA member you only have to work one day with a speaking role (or I think 3 days as  background). There are a TON of wannabe actors that get this opportunity but continue with their full time non-acting jobs until they can make a decent living acting and still join the union.

That percentage implies that 100% of all SAG-AFTRA members are FULL TIME actors. That is not true and very misleading.
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I just watched an interview with Renee Felice Smith, who played a character on NCIS:Los Angeles for 11 seasons. She was notified in 2022 that she did make enough to qualify for the insurance. A series regular for 11 seasons did not make $26k to qualify for insurance... that's insane.

That's the reality for 95% of actors in the union. [/quote]

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