Mary Cvetan is a freelance writer with a special focus on health care, insurance and higher education.

Before launching Cvetan Communications in 2000, she served as communications manager and media spokesperson for a diversified hospital system operating 10 business units and employing nearly 3,000 people.

Among many other B2C and B2B health care and insurance projects, she wrote the majority of UPMC’s yourhealthcaresimplified.org, a comprehensive website introducing the Affordable Care Act to the general public, as well as weekly blog posts. The website presents "Obamacare" in plain English so that consumers, business owners and others understand their rights and responsibilities under the law.