<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/45627ad7-e6e0-432e-92b2-088eaf7a833b/AC17ABFE-B46E-4CD7-AD19-8D5AB5BD9DE1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_hl951" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_hl951" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_hl951">Embattled <SPAN id="lw_1256168720_0" class="yshortcuts">health insurance companies</SPAN> are taking a page from Goldlilocks. Last week, a 4-month-old child was denied insurance for being too heavy (the company has since <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ynews/hl_ynews/storytext/ynews_hl951/33813595/SIG=12hdh25vp/*http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/12/alex-lange-denied-health_n_317337.html"><SPAN id="lw_1256168720_1" class="yshortcuts">changed its mind</SPAN></A>). Now the Web is buzzing about a toddler who was denied coverage for being too small.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_hl951">On Wednesday morning, "The Today Show" <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ynews/hl_ynews/storytext/ynews_hl951/33813595/SIG=11t3l2vqk/*http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33411196/ns/today-today_health/"><SPAN id="lw_1256168720_2" class="yshortcuts">covered the story</SPAN></A> 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, <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/search/ynews/hl_ynews/storytext/ynews_hl951/33813595/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=united+healthcare&cs=bz&fr=buzz"><SPAN id="lw_1256168720_3" class="yshortcuts">United HealthCare</SPAN></A> didn't buy it, saying that the child didn't meet <SPAN id="lw_1256168720_4" class="yshortcuts">height and weight standards</SPAN>. So, no insurance for Aislin.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_hl951">a company spokesperson for United HealthCare said the company's <SPAN id="lw_1256168720_7" class="yshortcuts">height and weight requirements</SPAN> "are based on several medical sources, including the Centers for Disease Control, and are well within industry standards."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_hl951">“This is just so bogus.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AC17ABFE-B46E-4CD7-AD19-8D5AB5BD9DE1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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