4-Month-Old Baby Denied Health Coverage

"And now for something completely different..." In the following Denver Post story and Denver Channel 11 news story, a four-month-old infant has been denied health insurance coverage because the insurance company says he is too fat. The baby is a big boy, but he is being breast-fed. The insurance company says that they do not insure babies who are above the 95th percentile for weight and height. Alex Lange is a healthy baby, and his pediatrician has not expressed any concerns for his weight. The insurance company says that his pre-existing condition, obesity, makes him too great a risk. This despite the fact that both of his parents and his older brother are slender. Go figure!

Here is the Denver Post link: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_13530098.

Here is the Channel 11 link: http://www.nbc11news.com/localnews/headlines/63813127.html

UPDATE--UPDATE--UPDATE

There was such a backlash against Rocky Mountain Health Plans that the company decided it should probably offer this baby coverage. Never underestimate the power of the Internet and a lot of ticked off people!!