Shannen Doherty has accused the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists of simply terminating her union health insurance amid her battle with stage four metastatic breast cancer. The American union describes itself on its website as follows: “SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, speakers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news editors, presenters, puppeteers, sound artists, singers, stunt performers, voice actors and other media professionals.”
It goes on to say, “You must earn $26,470 in your basic income period to be eligible for health insurance coverage that you deserve.” A fact that makes self-stricken Shannen quite angry. Because when you’re sick, you have other worries than worrying about work and salaries. “That’s not okay,” {window.dataLayer.push({event: ‘link_click’,link_type: ‘intern’,link_url: ‘ clarifies the cancer patient.