What’s in the WGA Deal: $321 Million in Health Funding, Higher Premiums, Better Residuals, More AI Meetings (EXCLUSIVE)

By Gene Maddaus

Gene Maddaus

Senior Media Writer

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TV and film writers will be paying more for their health care in a deal with the major studios unveiled Wednesday by the Writers Guild of America.

In return, the studios will kick in $321 million — a record sum — to keep the writers’ health fund solvent. The health plan changes are the centerpiece of the four-year contract reached by the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers over the weekend.

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