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Hilary Swank reveals that she didn't have health insurance when she won the Oscar for Boys Don't Cry

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She had an Oscar, but she didn't have health insurance.Hilary Swank opened up about trying to go to the doctor after winning an Oscar for Boys Don't Cry in 2000.The 48-year-old actress talked about her experience during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show.

No insurance? She had an Oscar, but she didn't have health insuranceShe explained that she didn't make nearly enough money to qualify for health insurance at the time. 'I made three thousand dollars, and in order to even have health insurance you needed five thousand, which I didn't know any of this,' she said.

The Freedom Writers actress said she found out she didn't have insurance at the doctor's office.  'I just went in after I filmed the movie and when I had a simple cold I went in and got an antibiotic or something and they're like, "That's two-hundred and sixty dollars,"' she elaborated.'I'm like, "No wait I have insurance can you check," and they're like, "Yeah you have to call your insurance company" I called them, they're like, "Yeah you don't have insurance you need to make five-thousand dollars a year to have health insurance." But then that same year I had an Academy Award but didn't have health insurance.' Swank played Brandon Teena, a transgender man, who falls in love with a woman in a small town but faces prejudice and violence for who he is.

Funny story: Hilary Swank opened up about trying to go to the doctor after winning an Oscar for Boys Don't Cry in 2000 Opening up: The 48-year-old actress talked about her experience during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show Not nearly enough money: 'I made three thousand dollars, and in order to even have health insurance you needed five thousand, which I didn't know any of this,' she said Emotional.

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