Colorado toddler denied health insurance for being underweight

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The parents of a two-year-old girl in Colorado are unable to attain health insurance for their daughter because the insurer, United Healthcare Golden Rule, claims she is too small. In a letter sent to the family of the child, Aislin Bates, United Healthcare Golden Rule writes, "we are unable to provide coverage for Aislin because her height and weight do not meet our company standards." According to a Colorado news station, Aislin weighed six pounds, six ounces at birth, and now weighs 22 pounds.

When Robert Bates, the girl's father, left his former job to start his own business, he was forced to seek out his own health insurance, and enrolled his family in an insurance plan with United Healthcare Golden Rule. "It took me by surprise," Bates told ABC 7 in Denver. "I didn't think that her size was that abnormal and that it was something that you'd consider to be unhealthy."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/20/a...d_n_327309.html

[Minya's wife 25]

#######, first one baby is too 'big' now this one is 'too small'?!?

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#######, first one baby is too 'big' now this one is 'too small'?!?

These are the health insurance companies the GOP wants you to put your trust in

[Peikko 1,575]

HUFFINGTON POST made them up to outrage you, librul fool!

[Y's_habibitk 2]

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Alternative source: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21343449/detail.html

[Minya's wife 25]

the link directed me to models with hanguns

[Y's_habibitk 2]

Alternative source: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21343449/detail.html

and no handgun models in this one

looks like the kidlet has a pre existing condition, not just being underweight...

still sucks and I dont think any child should go without insurance or at least affordable healthcare.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Alternative source: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21343449/detail.html

That makes it a conspiracy.

[Peikko 1,575]

A newborn with a pre-existing condition? How nazi can you get?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

A newborn with a pre-existing condition? How nazi can you get?

Not nazi - just profit oriented. Can't blame an enterprise to be profit oriented anymore than you can blame a dog for barking. They're a business with but one reason to exist - make money. This is why health insurance doesn't belong into the hands of a private enterprise.

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the link directed me to models with hanguns

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