WGA Ratifies Four-Year Contract, Accepting Significant Cuts in Health Plan

The Writers Guild of America has ratified a four-year contract with major studios, agreeing to significant cutbacks in the writers' health plan. The deal includes individual premiums, higher deductibles, and out-of-pocket maximums, as well as a rollback of the "extended coverage points" system. The studios agreed to put in an estimated $321 million to stabilize the health fund over four years