A Florida man sent $3,000 to help cover her legal bills.
And there is already talk that last week's price rise will not be enough to cover the state's bills.
Though he had been getting an unemployment check of $353 each week since May, it was not enough to cover his bills.
The government promised to compensate families and help cover medical bills.
Last year, the company set aside about 13.6 percent of its sales to cover bills it could not collect.
But you also have to cover bills for food and other supplies.
"I just felt good about trying to help someone," he said of the the stunt, which raised $43,000 to cover medical bills.
Insurance covered his medical bills, which totaled just over $1 million.
She turned freelance in 1977 but continued to write for magazines to cover her bills.
Someone with $1 million in investments is likely to have income that could cover nursing home and similar bills, she said.