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Drake Bell has acted for 35 years, but SAG-AFTRA's health plan turned him down: he is $11,452 short. Meanwhile his show "Drake & Josh" hit the Netflix top 10, and he gets nothing from the reruns. In the video below, Bell explains how a show with his name in the title pays everyone but him. "It's top 10 on Netflix, and I got to figure out how to pay my rent this month." On "Drake & Josh," he says, nobody in the main cast gets residuals, only the guest stars. "There's people who said two lines on one episode that still get checks in the mail." Bell posted a screenshot from the plan's portal: $17,480 credited for the year, against the $28,933 required. He wrote "Do not become an actor" and "Do not join SAG." To union president Sean Astin, he wrote, "you're doing a bang up job." He added, "How about stop using actors to run things maybe?" The union did not respond to Bell, but two weeks later Astin admitted a "palpable disconnect" with its members. Without naming Bell, he said of actors' health coverage: "Part of what once made that possible was residual income." Do you think actors should get residuals every time their show reruns, or is one payment for filming enough?