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Chappell Roan Called Out Healthcare Struggles for Artists. Advocates Say It’s About Time.

Chappell Roan's Grammy speech on artist healthcare led experts to respond to her call for record labels to offer health insurance to those they sign.

You could help us get the word out, because we do provide health benefits — but not everybody knows that,'” says SAG-AFTRA’s national executive director and chief negotiator, who wore a navy-blue tuxedo, blue suede shoes, a black shirt and a pink bowtie to the event. Crabtree-Ireland, who attends the Grammys yearly as a leader of the union representing CBS broadcast employees, adds that all three major labels, plus Disney-owned music companies, pay into the SAG-AFTRA fund, making all signed artists eligible for its health insurance. He argues labels must aggressively support the ACA, also known as Obamacare, against long-running defunding threats from the Trump Administration and Republicans, as well as advocating over the long term for a single-payer healthcare system, like those in Canada and parts of Europe.

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