Hilary Swank reveals that she didn’t have health insurance when she won the Oscar for Boys Don’t Cry | Daily Mail Online
She had an Oscar, but she didn’t have health insurance.
Hilary Swank opened up about trying to go to the doctor after winning an Oscar for Boys Don’t Cry in 2000.
The 48-year-old actress talked about her experience during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show.
No insurance? She had an Oscar, but she didn’t have health insurance
She explained that she didn’t make nearly enough money to qualify for health insurance at the time.
‘I made three thousand dollars, and in order to even have health insurance you needed five thousand, which I didn’t know any of this,’ she said.
The Freedom Writers actress said she found out she didn’t have insurance at the doctor’s office.
‘I just went in after I filmed the movie and when I had a simple cold I went in and got an antibiotic or something and they’re like, “That’s two-hundred and sixty dollars,”‘ she elaborated.
‘I’m like, “No wait I have insurance can you check,” and they’re like, “Yeah you have to call your insurance company” I called them, they’re like, “Yeah you don’t have insurance you need to make five-thousand dollars a year to have health insurance.” But then that same year I had an Academy Award but didn’t have health insurance.’
Swank played Brandon Teena, a transgender man, who falls in love with a woman in a small town but faces prejudice and violence for who he is.
Funny story: Hilary Swank opened up about trying to go to the doctor after winning an Oscar for Boys Don’t Cry in 2000
Opening up: The 48-year-old actress talked about her experience during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show
Not nearly enough money: ‘I made three thousand dollars, and in order to even have health insurance you needed five thousand, which I didn’t know any of this,’ she said
Emotional story: Swank played Brandon Teena, a transgender man, who falls in love with a woman in a small town but faces prejudice and violence for who he is
She discussed quite a few of her films during the segment including her work on The Next Karate Kid from the early 1990s.
When asked if there was any chance she would join the Karate Kid spin-off series Cobra Kai, Swank gave fans of the show quite a bit of hope.
‘I get asked this more than anything,’ she said. ‘I get stopped on the street, I get in in interviews, on Instagram, whatever it is. No one’s ever called me.’
Drew asked her if she’d take the job if the producers called her, and Swank said, ‘If you want me to, then I might have to.’
Wax on, wax off: She discussed quite a few of her films during the segment including her work on The Next Karate Kid from the early 1990s
Chance? When asked if there was any chance she would join the Karate Kid spin-off series Cobra Kai, Swank gave fans of the show, like Barrymore who said she watches it religiously, quite a bit of hope
Never called: ‘I get asked this more than anything,’ she said. ‘I get stopped on the street, I get in in interviews, on Instagram, whatever it is. No one’s ever called me’
Great news: Million Dollar Baby actress Hilary Swank is going to be a mother to twins. The Oscar-winning star shared the news on Wednesday with Good Morning America
The interview came just a couple days after Swank revealed to the world that she was pregnant with twins.
The star shared the news on Wednesday with Good Morning America. She is married to Philip Schneider and these will be their first children.
‘I’m gonna be a mom! And not just of one, but of two,’ Hilary said on the morning program. ‘It’s so nice to be able to talk about it and share it,’ the Boys Don’t Cry actress added.
Soon after she clarified on Live With Kelly And Ryan that she is pregnant with the twins, though no baby bump could be seen, and is in her second trimester. And Hilary added she felt it was a ‘miracle.’
On Instagram she pointed to her baby bump as she wrote, ‘Coming soon…DOUBLE feature!’
The star has been married to Philip Schneider since 2018. Her first husband was Chad Lowe, whom she was wed to from 1997 until 2007. He is an actor and the brother of Rob Lowe.
Making it clear: On Instagram she pointed to her baby bump as she wrote, ‘Coming soon…DOUBLE feature!’
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