OMG. I am so incredibly pissed. As anyone who follows me on Twitter or sees my updates on Facebook or MySpace will prolly already know. I was just calming down after a semi-shitty day, watching my beloved Chelsea Lately when she brought up a story about a 4-month old baby from Colorado who was DENIED health insurance for being too fat. Yeah, u read that right. I'm still trying to calm down. I'm soooooooooooooooooo fucking irate holy shit I really seriously need 2 calm down......... Fuck that deep breath shit that doesn't work. Who cares about me calming down this is totally completely UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!!
1st of all, the kid (Alex) weighed 17 lbs @ 4-months old, which is NOT EVEN OVERWEIGHT. It's at the top of the healthy weight range & he is also 25 in long, which is at the top of the height range. Here's a pic of the little cutie:
What a little fatass huh? Funny, my brothers were both as least this chunky when they were babies. And hmmm they grew up to be the skinny ones.... But that's besides the point. It is totally & completely unethical to deny a child health insurance, in ANY circumstance!!!!!!!!!!
Here's some superawesome things Rocky Mountain Health Plans, the company who denied him (who, by the way, "...understand Colorado. [and] ...understand you."), have to say on their web site. Here is part of their Mission:
"We take the initiative to improve...the health of our communities by...providing excellence in service...and staying true to our tradition of putting people before profits."
People before profits huh? That's a laugh coming from any insurance company but especially from this one.
And here's some of their great Values:
"We are respectful, compassionate, and fair.
We are catalysts for continuous quality improvement.
We believe that the quality of our relationships shapes our future."
Compassionate & fair??? I think they need to invest in some dictionaries.
Yes, I can tell how great their quality of service is.
I sure hope so. Cuz after this, ur fuuuuucked : ) At least I hope so.
I suppose I should point out that they have since granted little (YES, little) Alex health insurance, of course, after all this came out in the media. BUT, there's a catch! Not for him, he gets his insurance (for now, at least). But if you'll notice in this letter, they're careful to say specifically that they will cover HEALTHY babies. Which means what, if your child happens to be born with CP or Down Syndrome or a heart defect or nystagmus or a freakin allergy, they won't be covered?? Here ya go:
And here's the link to their site in case u wanna see how deceiving assholes can be or if u wanna write them a nice little e-mail:
Also, here's a link to an article about little Alex:
So anyway, thank you, Dr. Doug Speedie, medical director at RMHP, for showing America how bad we need health care reform because of assholes like you and your company!!
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