Amy Bilafsky lived most of her life without health insurance.
For 32 years, the 61-year-old has run her own entertainment company in Tucker, Georgia, installing bounce houses, petting zoos, stilt walkers and other attractions for family and corporate events. For several years, she did two specialties: face painting and balloon carving for children before Atlanta Hawks home games.
One morning this spring, Mr. Bielawski delivered a singing telegram to a woman coming off her graveyard shift at Waffle House. Dressed as a chicken in a bikini, she sang a medley of songs by the Beatles and Stevie Wonder, and ended by wishing her a happy birthday.
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