re: #363 publicityStunted

And no age limits as to who goes before them, it seems:

Heavy infant in Grand Junction denied health insurance

Ah yes. The much lauded and glorified insurance corporations at work once again.

Alex’s pre-existing condition — “obesity” — makes him a financial risk. Health insurance reform measures are trying to do away with such denials that come from a process called “underwriting.”

“If health care reform occurs, underwriting will go away. We do it because everybody else in the industry does it,” said Dr. Doug Speedie, medical director at Rocky Mountain Health Plans, the company that turned down Alex.