Insurer refuses to cover baby, says he�s �too fat�


Health | 206726 hits | Oct 12 9:13 am | Posted by: DerbyX
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  1. by avatar GreenTiger
    Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:35 am
    This is why we arehaving thid discussion abou t heath insurance.

  2. by avatar Guy_Fawkes
    Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:28 pm
    I think the insurer reviewed their policy made some changes and are covering him now.

  3. by avatar Public_Domain
    Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:33 pm
    :|

  4. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:40 pm
    Dumb asses...but then again they think that socialized medicine will result in a communist dictatorship.

  5. by avatar leewgrant
    Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:54 pm
    As if there weren't enough problems with health insurance companies: a new report reveals that insurance companies now deny coverage to babies that are above the 95th percentile for height or weight after they are born, effectively considering their size a "pre-existing condition."


    Those damned details get you all the time. I'm amazed about the stuff that extended health care plans don't cover. It's not hard to understand why people get annoyed if these insurers are their primary source of health care coverage.

  6. by avatar Brenda
    Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:36 pm
    Unbelievable... Its a freakin baby. I would be more concerned about a skinny baby than a chubby one...

    A pre-existing condition... You know what, EVERYTHING is a pre-existing condition. We NEVER would have gotten that condition, if we didn't exist.

    :roll:

  7. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:46 pm
    death is a pre existing condition. Once upon a time a large baby was considered something good. Our 5 yr. old is the height and weight of an average 8 yr. old, according to the growth scales(he's been over the 100th percentile since he was about 6 mnths old.), so I guess he'd be ineligible for insurance in the States too.

  8. by avatar Brenda
    Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:55 pm
    "ShepherdsDog" said
    death is a pre existing condition. Once upon a time a large baby was considered something good. Our 5 yr. old is the height and weight of an average 8 yr. old, according to the growth scales(he's been over the 100th percentile since he was about 6 mnths old.), so I guess he'd be ineligible for insurance in the States too.

    And I take it he is never sick...

  9. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:03 pm
    not very often and never for more than one day.



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