Why am I not at all surprised by Rocky Mountain Health Plan’s denial of the “obese” 4-month-old baby?

Our small business experienced something similar when RMHP tried hard to remove one of our employees from our company policy because both his wife and 8-year-old daughter were diabetic. It’s appalling that the medical director of RMHP, Dr. Speedie, excuses the organization by stating to the Denver Post that RMHP underwrites as they do “because everybody else in the industry does it.” Wow. And this is the “model” we should base health insurance reform on?

We need real health insurance reform, not the same old same old. If RMHP imagines itself as a leader in health care reform, they must stop doing business the same way “everybody else” does it. Anything less is a travesty of real reform.

Thank you to the Langes for going public with their story. I’m sure there are many more out there that need to be heard.

CYNDI CLARK
Grand Junction

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