Hilary Swank Sues SAG-AFTRA Over 'Barbaric' Health Plan That Denied Her Coverage for Ovarian Cysts

Hilary Swank had a difficult time playing Emma Green on the Netflix series Away.The two-time Oscar-winning actress opened up in an Instagram post about her battle with claustrophobia, explaining she had never suffered from it previously but she developed it on set because of the spacesuit she had to wear.“I have never, not once in my life, had a phobia. Until now.

Hilary Swank has revealed that she developed severe claustrophobia while filming the recent Netflix series Away.In Away, Swank plays an astronaut on a long-haul journey into outer space.On Instagram, the Oscar-winning actor explained the toll that the role had taken on her wellbeing, with the time spent inside a spacesuit causing particular distress.“I have never, not once in my life, had a phobia,” she wrote. “Until now.

Not even winning two Oscars can protect Hilary Swank from developing a phobia on set. The 46-year-old actress most recently appeared in the Netflix series "Away," in which she plays an astronaut on a years-long mission to outer space.

“Away” is one of Netflix’s hit new shows but Hilary Swank is opening up about the difficulty of playing Commander Emma Green, on a mission to Mars.

Hilary Swank is opening up about the difficult time she had while playing Emma Green on the Netflix series Away.

Hilary Swank is suing the SAG/AFTRA Health Plan after being denied coverage for the treatment of ovarian cysts.

Hilary Swank has filed a lawsuit against the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan for allegedly denying her coverage for the treatment of ovarian cysts.

Hilary Swank is suing SAG-AFTRA's Health Plan over their "antiquated, barbaric" policies after being denied coverage for the treatment of ovarian cysts.

Hilary Swank has made a decision to seek legal action and sue SAG-AFTRA’s Health Plan.

Also Read: 'We Are Being Left Behind': Retired Hollywood Actors Protest Changes to SAG-AFTRA Health PlanIn the lawsuit, Hilary Swank says she has dealt with ovarian cysts and endometriosis since 2008 and had treatment covered under the SAG Health Plan. Following the SAG-AFTRA merger in 2012, Swank was transferred onto the new health plan that continued to cover her treatment until 2015, when she says the trustees pulled her coverage.

David Robb Labor EditorHilary Swank has filed a lawsuit against the trustees of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan, asking a federal judge to order the trustees to resume coverage of her treatment for recurrent malignant ovarian cysts, which have afflicted the two-time Oscar-winning actress for more than 11 years.Her lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in U.S.

Hilary Swank stars in the new Netflix drama Away as Emma Green, an astronaut leading four other space explorers from around the world, played by Ato Essandoh, Ray Panthaki, Mark Ivanir and Vivian Wu, on the first mission to Mars. While the sci-fi series details the technical aspects of space travel, it also tells the emotional stories of what each astronaut had to leave behind to go where no person has gone before.

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will take viewers on a harrowing journey to Mars when the series debuts on Netflix this Friday. Before launching into space, star Hilary Swank leads ET on a tour of the set in the video above, taking audiences behind the scenes of the spacecraft that the two-time Oscar winner’s character spends most of her time in. While the compartments — her sleeping pod, the command module — look quite spacious, Swank reveals that simulating life in space put her to the test.