WASHINGTON (AP) — The model whose face appeared on themuch-maligned Obama health care website says she felt intimidatedby harsh public criticism of the program.
|The woman, who identified herself only as "Adriana" in aninterview with ABC News, says she was never paid for appearing onthe website's home page.
|Adriana, who is from Colombia, says in the interview broadcastWednesday that reaction to the website amounted to, quote, "someform of bullying." She says she doesn't know "why people shouldhate me because it's just a photo."
|Adriana's photo has been removed. The website has been thesubject of scorn by both Republicans and Democrats as technicalproblems have sharply restricted the number of people who havesigned up for new program. Congress has been holding hearings onthe issue.
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