The merged SAG/AFTRA union is changing its rules so members can qualify for union health insurance at very low levels of income.
The qualifying level for Plan II — the less desirable of the two SAG plans — is currently $15,100. Beginning with the base earnings period of April 1, 2013, through March 31, 2014, earnings reported to both Plans may “under certain circumstances” be combined to meet the dollar threshold to qualify for Plan II, the union said.
SAG-AFTRA said that the move “is only a first step, and the SAG P&H and AFTRA H&R Trustees are individually and jointly actively exploring additional options to qualify the greatest possible number of participants for health coverage through SAG-AFTRA work.”
Why would they do this? ObamaCare is here, so why doesn’t SAG-AFTRA send its members into the ObamaCare maze? One would think that Hollywood — dominated by ObamaCare-endorsing liberals, would jump at the chance to be part of the government takeover of the health insurance/health care industry in this country. Their low-income members should be eligible for those great subsidies, right? And it’s cheap anyway, right? And hey, it’s no big deal that you probably can’t keep your doctor. And it’s no big deal that some of the most well respected hospitals won’t be available to you. But hey, it’s ObamaCare and ObamaCare is good, right?
Evidently ObamaCare is great — for the other guy — but not for the union’s members.
