Saturday, October 24, 2009

Who's Sitting On Those Death Panels Again?

This is sickening:

Embattled health insurance companies are taking a page from Goldlilocks. Last week, a 4-month-old child was denied insurance for being too heavy (the company has since changed its mind). Now the Web is buzzing about a toddler who was denied coverage for being too small.

On Wednesday morning, "The Today Show" covered the story of 2-year-old Aislin Bates. Though she weighs just 22 pounds (in the third percentile range for kids her age), her doctor has described her as being perfectly healthy, never having been sick with anything more than a cold. Still, United HealthCare didn't buy it, saying that the child didn't meet height and weight standards. So, no insurance for Aislin.

How can people actually defend garbage like this?

1 comment:

  1. No one can defend it, but then who can defend the Indian Health Services and their horrible care of Native Americans.

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