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Cheyenne Jackson says he got hundreds of messages from actors within a day, and that the union plan needs about twenty-eight thousand dollars in earnings.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA 30 Rock actor has started a campaign on Instagram showing actors one job away from losing their union health insurance, the New York Post reports.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt's Cheyenne Jackson, and it's called hashtag One Job Away. Each post is a SAG-AFTRA member, and the comments are basically a casting call.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA hashtag. Where does the job come from, exactly?

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFrom people who see the post.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe Hollywood Reporter says he got hundreds of direct messages within a day, some from actors only a few hundred dollars short.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA few hundred dollars short of health insurance.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe cutoff is about twenty-eight thousand dollars a year in covered earnings.

  8. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHe says he was six thousand short himself last year, and he fixed it with a phone call to Kathy Bates. Five lines on Matlock.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRating: one hashtag, one phone call, five lines. Here's what I don't understand: she called back in five minutes.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI can't get my cable company back in a week.

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