First a child was too fat to get covered on insurance

[Roon]

and now this!
Underweight Girl Denied Insurance Coverage
ERIE, Colo. -- First it was a 4-month-old Grand Junction boy who was denied health insurance coverage because, at 17 pounds, he was considered overweight. Now comes word that a 2-year-old Erie girl has also been denied coverage because she doesn't weigh enough
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21343449/detail.html?treets=den&tml=den_12pm&ts=T&tmi=den_12pm_1_01000110202009

[fizzgig]

1. i saw that

it's sickening

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Ah. Equal opportunity discrimination.

:eyes:

[MissB]

3. The comments at the end of the article are disheartening as usual.

It seems like only sociopaths dominate the comment sections of local news channel websites.



Anyway, it is time for those slacker parents to feed that girl some cubes of artery-clogging butter. :sarcasm:

[TNDemo]

4. My babies were fatter than that one.

They were 17 pounds at three months - totally breastfed. They grew up to be skinny healthy children and adults. One size does not fit all as far as weight - in either direction. Insurance companies will look for anything to deny coverage.