Plaintiff challenging healthcare law went bankrupt – with unpaid medical bills
Friday, March 9, 2012 - 03:50
in Health & Medicine
Obama administration lawyers say her case is an example of why an insurance mandate is needed to prevent 'uncompensated care that will ultimately be paid by others.'Mary Brown, a 56-year-old Florida woman who owned a small auto repair shop but had no health insurance, became the lead plaintiff challenging President Obama's healthcare law because she was passionate about the issue.