So let me get this straight. It is the government's fault that the cheap bar where she worked did not want to help pay for their employees' healthcare? Here is an idea (not a popular one I know), but go work for someone who will help pay your healthcare like the rest of us.
Restaurants and bars have exploitative practices where they pay their servers a pittance and we the saps have to make up their pay out of guilt. Tipping has got out of control. The cheap bars and restaurants need to take care of their staff like every other company.
Before you attack me - I was a server for 7 years. I know of which i speak.