Denver Girl Denied Health Coverage for Being Too Small

In the "oh, my" category of news comes this little story out of Denver: Underweight Girl Denied Insurance Coverage." Now, I know this family lives across the country. And I know that this has little to do with any of us here in Montgomery County, Md. But seriously, denied coverage because she weighs too little?

Aislin Bates is healthy say her parents and her pediatrician. At age 2, she weighs 22 pounds, which puts her below the 5th percentile on the CDC charts.

Aislin's story follows another one earlier this month, also out of Denver, in which a 4-month-old breastfeeding baby was denied health coverage because he weighed too much.  In 4-month-old Alex Lange's case, the insurance company, Rocky Mountain Health News, changed its attitude -- and its policies.

While there are so many questions here, it's hard to get started, one that sticks in my head is this: What other small children have been denied health coverage because of their weight? If this is happening in Colorado, it must be happening elsewhere as well.