# Actors on the Verge of Losing SAG-AFTRA Health Insurance Find Support via ‘One Job Away’ Instagram Campaign: ‘The System Is Not Working’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/actors-on-the-verge-of-losing-sag-aftra-health-insurance-find-support-via-one-job-away-instagram-campaign-the-system-is-not-working/
- Published: 2026-10-26T18:52:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T19:36:32+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/columns/actors-losing-sag-aftra-health-insurance-one-job-away-instagram-campaign-cheyenne-jackson-1236931317/
- Topics: Business, Celebrity, Companies, Elections, Entertainment, Film, Horror, Politics, TV

## Key points

- Cheyenne Jackson’s campaign spotlights actors close to losing health cover.
- Jackson once needed a small role to meet the earnings threshold.
- The campaign has received hundreds of submissions.

## Summary

Cheyenne Jackson has launched “One Job Away”, an Instagram campaign sharing profiles of actors close to missing the earnings threshold for SAG-AFTRA health insurance. He says the response has reached hundreds of submissions in under a day, and hopes the effort will prompt a wider discussion about a system that leaves working actors scrambling for jobs to keep their cover.

Jackson nearly lost his own insurance last year when he was about $6,000 short of the roughly $28,000 annual minimum; Kathy Bates helped him secure a small role on “Matlock”. Among the 22 profiles he has shared, Juston Graber is $198.48 short and Miho Saito is $402 short. Drake Bell, meanwhile, reported earnings of $17,480.53 and said he needed another $11,452.47 to reach the plan’s $28,933 threshold.

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