Fat baby can get coverage after all, insurer says
Colo. company had turned tot down saying he had ‘a pre-existing condition’
DENVER - A Colorado insurance company is changing its attitude about fat babies.
Rocky Mountain Health Plans said Monday it will no longer consider obesity a "pre-existing condition" barring coverage for hefty infants. The change comes after the insurer turned down a Grand Junction 4-month-old who weighs about 17 pounds. The insurer deemed Alex Lange obese and said the infant didn't qualify for coverage.
The child's father works at NBC affiliate KKCO-TV in Grand Junction, and news accounts about the boy's rejection made national headlines.
The insurer said Monday it would change its policy for babies that are healthy but fat. The company attributed the boy's rejection for health coverage to "a flaw in our underwriting system."
Apparently public outcry works better than any regulations.
1st time i had heard about this was on the view -- it brought tears to my eyes when they had said he cant be insured! but when they said he could it was nice to see. i still thought it was wrong to not insure him -- so sad!
*Do you have a 2008/2009 Baby? Love taking pics and videos of them? Join my contest group!
http://www.cafemom.com/group/2008-2009-photo-and-video
*Do you love hip-hop music? Come join my hip-hop hunnies group & keep hip-hop alive!
http://www.cafemom.com/group/hip-hop-hunnies
Eight Year Old Girl Given "Catastrophe Award" By Teacher
Should P. Diddy's son return $54,000 college scholarship?
- stormcris
on Oct. 13, 2009 at 11:43 AM