Restaurant Owner Struggles To Afford Health Insurance

By Heidi de Marco
Aug. 1, 2014

Sandra Lopez, 41, owns Las Fajitas, a popular Mexican restaurant in Newport Beach, Calif. She has to make decisions about health insurance coverage for her family and her business under the Affordable Care Act.

Video by Heidi de Marco/KHN

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