October 23, 2023
A California federal judge approved a $15 million settlement to class action allegations that SAG-AFTRA's health care fund pushed senior actors onto Medicare to cut costs, ruling that the deal is fair but awarding the plaintiffs' attorneys lower fees than they had requested.
April 11, 2023
The SAG-AFTRA health plan agreed to pay $15 million to end a proposed class action claiming it used the COVID-19 pandemic as cover to push performers over 65 to Medicare in a pre-planned cost-cutting scheme, according to a California federal court filing.
November 08, 2021
A California federal judge on Monday shot down a request by the SAG-AFTRA health plan to file an interlocutory appeal of part of her ruling that denied its motion to dismiss a proposed class action brought by the late actor Ed Asner alleging discrimination against older participants and a breach of fiduciary duty.
September 02, 2021
A California federal judge has ruled that the SAG-AFTRA health plan must continue to battle a proposed class action brought by the late Ed Asner alleging pandemic-related changes it made to its eligibility requirements violate ERISA and discriminate against older participants, finding that the suit's claims were plausible.
May 03, 2021
The SAG-AFTRA health plan is looking to beat back the latest version of a suit claiming the pandemic-related changes it made to its eligibility requirements violate ERISA and discriminate against older participants like 91-year-old actor Ed Asner, asking a California federal judge to toss the proposed class action.
February 17, 2021
The SAG-AFTRA health plan has asked a California federal judge to toss out a proposed class action led by actor Ed Asner that accuses it of discriminating against older members with a series of changes, arguing the moves affected members based on their retirement status, not age.
December 02, 2020
A pandemic-induced series of "draconian" changes to SAG-AFTRA's health care plan disproportionately affects older union members and could cause up to one-third of the plan's participants to lose coverage, a group of union members has alleged in a proposed class action.