Too Thin For Health Insurance?
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As the health care fight rages on in Washington, D.C., MSNBC has reported another example of why so many people are clamoring for some kind of health insurance reform. In Colorado, United HealthCare refused to insure a 2-year-old girl because they claim that she is underweight! Aislin Bates weighs just 22 pounds, which is below United Health’s height and weight standards. Her doctors insist that she’s simply petite for her age and that her small size is genetic.
While the girl is perfectly healthy, her parents admit that they have taken her to food therapy for her picky eating habits. However, don’t you think that would be a positive? In the long run, paying for this treatment now would be far less expensive than possibly paying for a stay in an eating disorder clinic later.
