The insurance company worried that it would have to take care of children like the ones picture above, based on no evidence other than the mother they were carrying tipped the scales at over 200 pounds.
Anna Holten is a 26-year-old Swedish woman. She stands at about 5' 4" (169cm) and weighs about 220 pounds (100 kg), giving her a BMI of 35. Apparently, this was too much for her insurance company, which dropped her to great public controversy...
Upon learning of her rejection, Holten contacted the Trygg-Hansa
risk analyst to explain that she was still trying to work off the
weight she gained while pregnant.
“You should have lost the weight by now,” the analyst told her.
According to Trygg-Hansa product manager Björn Sporrong, people with a
BMI of 35 are “extremely overweight” and right at his company’s limit
for granting coverage.
“Exceedingly overweight people run a significantly higher risk for suffering from many serious diseases,” he told Expressen.
Trygg-Hansa spokesperson Malou Sjörin concurred.
“Even if you’re not sick today, you can be in the future,” Sjörin told the Metro newspaper.
These people wouldn't be able to find anyone to insure if they moved to America-- 220 pounds at 5' 4" is barely considered "overweight" in some states. But that doesn't mean they were wrong to drop Ms. Holden, mother of a seven-month-old baby... or does it?
Via the Local.
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