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Baby Denied Health Care Coverage For Being "Too Fat"

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10-12-2009 6:21 PM 		Reply to: Message 18 by Phage0070
10-12-2009 5:01 PM

Hmm, that sounds like a monopoly. Don't we have laws against that?
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No, we don't. The health insurance companies have SPECIFICALLY been exempted from anti-trust laws.
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A bill to repeal it has been introduced:
http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200909/091709a.html
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