Shannen Doherty Calls Out SAG-AFTRA, President Fran Drescher Over Health Insurance Coverage Amid Cancer Battle

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Actress Shannen Doherty is in the middle of her cancer treatment, which she claims has been made more difficult without proper health insurance coverage.“@Officialfrandrescher I’m curious for people like me who have worked since they were 10 and paid dues to @sagaftra how when we aren’t able to work for health reasons why our union abandons us,” the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum, 51, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, March 8, tagging the Nanny alum, 65, who is the current president of the SAG-AFTRA organization. “I think we can do better for all our members and I think you’re [the] person to do it.”Doherty continued: “Health insurance shouldn’t be based on annual income.

It’s a lifetime contribution. And for me and many others, we have paid a lifetime of dues to only be canceled because we don’t meet your current criteria.

Not OK.”The Tennessee native, who was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, also snapped a selfie of herself receiving an IV treatment alongside her candid post.Drescher was elected president of SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents performers and media professionals, in 2021 after Doherty’s former Beverly Hills, 90210 costar Gabrielle Carteris announced that she wouldn’t seek re-election after her own five-year term.While neither Drescher nor the acting union have addressed the Charmed alum’s suggestions, several of her famous friends are in her corner. “100