Comments on: Actress Yvette Wilson Battling Terminal Illness, Raising Medical Funds

By: Melancholy Soul

Melancholy Soul — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:36:02 +0000

I jus saw on Twitter that she passed.

By: bubbleme

bubbleme — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:24:11 +0000

Loved Yvette on Moesha! Saddened when I heard the news! I can continue to watch her in reruns!

By: Brigitte

Brigitte — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:04:56 +0000

My brother hasn’t worked in years and pays for a health insurance plan. Sounds like she just didn’t bother with it. Too bad, I really like her and hope the best for her….

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:21:02 +0000

Aww man this is so sad but nice to know this is posted and people are showing they care, hope and pray she gets the help she needs. Also, I have never heard of this alleged “Moesha Curse” of course everyone knows Bernie Mac has passed and the guy who played Hakeem, but who are the other three cast members? Are they counting Brandy? when she was involved in that fatal (for someone else) car accident?

By: MsQuita

MsQuita — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:38:19 +0000

So sad. Praying for her….

By: apple

apple — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:53:54 +0000

I thought insurance only works when you pay for it. So she could have paid for it for 20years if she stop being able to afford it and got sick ,insurance don’t care if how long you paid it and if you got dropped the next day : you on your own.

By: Introverted Leo

Introverted Leo — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:24:12 +0000

It depends on the state one resides in. It is mighty expensive to insurance oneself without any employer though.

By: African Mami

African Mami — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:21:22 +0000

cancer is not a joke, especially when kidneys start to fail.

By: Tight Lipped Mary

Tight Lipped Mary — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:13:39 +0000

Please tell me what insurance plan can be purchased by unemployed folks?
Especially to those whose UE benefits have run out?

By: aDawn

aDawn — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:00:34 +0000

Have you tried acquiring insurance outside of a union or an employer? It’s almost impossible to get unless you are COMPLETELY healthy. That one bout of depression you had 20 years ago? Denied. A broken bone? Denied. An abnormal pap smear? No insurance for you. Overweight (which she is)? Nope. I know many, many self-employed individuals who don’t have health insurance because they can’t afford the $1,000/month the insurance company wants to charge them because of a (benign) biopsy they had 10 years ago.

Considering she hasn’t worked in almost 10 years (according to IMDB) and “The Parkers” is not being aired in syndication to give her any residual income, she is pretty much like you or me: working so hard just to put food on the table and keep a roof over your head that going without insurance is the gamble you take. If you can’t work enough through SAG/AFTRA/AEA, your opportunities to actually get insurance are slim.