Book questions story about Obama's mom

Obama (right) with his mother, Ann Dunham (center), step-father Lolo Soetoro (left), and sister Maya. | AP Photo


By REID J. EPSTEIN | 7/14/11 9:07 AM EDT

President Barack Obama’s mother had health insurance coverage when she died of ovarian cancer in 1995, a new book about her life claims, raising questions about the accuracy of a story that Obama often told on the campaign trail in 2008.

The revelation, in New York Times reporter Janny Scott’s “A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother,â€