Cynthia Littleton Business EditorSAG-AFTRA leaders have been grappling for months with the outcry from members over big changes and cuts to the union’s health care plan starting next year.But as 2020 draws to a close, Michael Estrada, CEO of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan, has a simple message for the union’s 160,000-plus members: Those who are eligible should sign up online or by telephone for a plan by Dec.
31, or risk facing even higher prices and a lapse in coverage early next year. About 33,000 members at present are covered by the plan.“There’s been some misinformation out there and that has led to confusion,” Estrada told Variety. “Especially among our retirees, this has created some panic.”Estrada concedes that changes for 2021 that.
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