FOUR MONTH OLD DENIED HEALTH INSURANCE FOR PRE-EXISTING CONDITION

Denver Post - Alex Lange is a chubby, dimpled, healthy and happy 4-month-old. t in the cold, calculating numbered charts of insurance companies, he is fat. . . Insurance companies can turn down people with pre-existing conditions who aren't covered in a group health care plan.

Alex's pre-existing condition - "obesity" - makes him a financial risk. . . . By the numbers, Alex is in the 99th percentile for height and weight for babies his age. Insurers don't take babies above the 95th percentile, no matter how healthy they are otherwise.