This has to be the worst waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen. The superintendant has the power to stop all of this nonsense but again like all superintendant's they are nuetral. In fear losing their BIG salary!!! I think they are a waste of taxpayer money and that money should go to the TEACHERS!!! In this case, Intent by the child with a pocket knife was for eating lunch, c'mon , stop wasting my money and get some intestinal fortitude MR.Superintendant and school board and deal with real problems in the school system!!!

Outraged

This is completely unreasonable. Maybe if there was some substantial evidence he had bad intentions. He was simply excited about something like any happy child should be. This is way over the top.

Our son weighed 18lbs, 12 oz. at 4 months old. On his first birthday, he weighed 29.5 lbs. He is now 25 years old and has never had a weight problem.

Insurance companies have a responsibility for the entire family, especially the child, no matter what the circumstances. They are innocent of whatever has brought them to their situation and taken care of as any human being.

I do think the school district has taken an innocennt situation and blown it totaly out of proportion. How many six year olds have gone to school with intent to hurt as many people as they could. Give me a break. Teir reaction has already forced the parents to remove their son from public school and home school him. For them to pursue the case any further will only serve to make them look more ridiculuas then they already do.

Our son was in the 100th percentile as an infant/toddler. He was also breastfed and very healthy. Today, he is 12 years old and has never had a weight problem. In fact, he is fairly thin, but still very healthy. I think this insurance company really needs to look at the research and reality of life.

Re: 72 yr old woman who was tasered. And a teacher at that. She deserved it! She violated traffic and was unapologitic for doing so, yet she had the nerve to provoke the police officer to tase her, and when she got what she asked for, she twisted the story not knowing that her act was captured in the dash video. Now she got 40 K because of it? If she really is not into the money as what she claimed during today's interview, she should donate all of it instead to a charitable institution to save her face.

Rhianna V.

My now 22 year old son weighed 22 lbs at 4 months. He was breastfed and babies don't overeat! The eat until they are satisfied! My son is now 6'6" and weighs 175 lbs! Definitely not overweight!

I think this is another way for insurance companies to get out of paying. Its totally obsured!

I was never a heavy child but I grew very quickly...i was 5'2 in the 3rd grade and on grew another inch and a half later...at 33 I'm 5'3 1/2 ...should the insurance company have denied me because I was taller and bigger than everyone in my class? (At the time i was the same height as my 5th grade teacher) This is a sad case of discriminination!

The other part of my comment is this: Are the underwriters in "perfect health"? Shouldn't we be covering people and encouraging preventive and healthier life styles? The health insurances are really screwed up. My son was a little on the chunky side when he was little. Now he's 6'3" and weighs 170 lbs. He's tall, slender, healthy and actively involved in sports. My daughter is 11 yrs old, 5'5" and weighs 120 lbs. She is also health and active in sports. She has muscle which weighs more than fat. The stupid laws and rules do not provide for any common sense.

This makes me want to cry!!!! This poor child is 4 months old. As an Obesie person with an Obesie daughter I understand the diffucalty being Obesie places on the health care system but more important is the diffucalty being Obesie places on the preson. Health care needs to focas on helping people with their health problems before they get out of hand not punish the parents of a 4 month old for having a chubby child. Instead of dening health care they should be doing everything they can to help the people who really need it.

My 2nd son was born a hefty 9 lbs. and continued to gain. He had doubled his birth weight by the time he was 5 months old. He was breast fed. Even my Doctor looked at him and said he needed to be on a diet! How do you do that!? (I changed Doctors! He had nerve, he smoked!) Other than the usual ear infections and colds, he was quite healthy. It is hard to say what a child will grow into at such a young age. He is now 30 and is 6'2" and weighs 170. He has never had a weight problem. It is all about healthy eating habits and level of activity. Children today are not active enough. Past generations played outside. It would be good for insurance companies to concentrate on encouraging programs for healthier living.

I think insurance companies are just too quick to deny people. Can we just have insurance without the greed behind it?? Isn't this what it all boils down to?? The insurance company wants to make money off of the healthy and deny the sick?? It makes me sick how much money we pay for insurance and how little they cover! We need to change the system!

This is just another example of others trying to control our lives. We might as well be communist. Why don't the insurance companies focus on paying for bariatric surgery and lap band surgery if they are so obsessed with weight. This is absolutely ridiculous for a 4 month old child!!

The question is about greed & profitablity. The medical pros are greedy, while insurance companies are to lazy to audit the bills because it cost them money. The insured has the legal right to demand that their medical bills be audited.

The child could get federal insurance . . most doctors love this as they can over bill and drain it for their own greedy pusposes. Medicare & Medicaid prime example.

Texas has afforadbale "State" sponsored insurance only for children. Maybe the parents can check in their state of residence.

My cousin weighed 26 lbs. @ 2 months & about 32" tall. He was huge but healthy. We sat him next to our neighbor's son who was nearly 1 year old, small, slender & weighed I think 23 lbs. @ 28" tall. The older infant was dwarfed by my infant cousin. He now is over 6' tall weighing in at 180 lbs. in great physical shape and remained the largest baby delivered by the attending DR. His father was slender @ 6' while mom was still a bit heavier after delivery. It is totally unfair to judge infants but I agree children 4+ yrs. and obese are all too common in society due to the junk food them from the drive through vs. a healthy meal prepared at home. There is a real problem with this!

My cousin had a 2 month old boyweighing 26 lbs & 30" tall. His parents were both slender & avg. weight (mom loosing birth weight). Our neighbor had a boy nearly a year old, weighed 22 lbs. & 27" tall. When placed side by side on the porch for a picture he made the neighbor boy appear to be 2-3 mos. old. making the neighbor boy dwarfed by my cousin's size. He now is over 6' tall & a healthy180 lbs. Infants are an unknown spectacle until older. There is a large problem with children over 4 yrs. who are obese due to the fact the parents have little time or are to lazy to fix a healthy home meal compared to the easy drive through on every corner. I believe that's why the USA is the most obese nation in the world! The insurance companies have a legitimate issue but should not be applied to any child under the age of 4 yrs. The parent's are at fault and need be blasted for their laziness vs. the health of their children!

I think that we need to look at the overall picture - the story is about a four month old, but what of the children up to the teen years? Should they be covered if they are obese?

That's why I say a probationary period, because the goal should be preventive care - get the fat off before the problems come on.

This isn't Communist China, so we can't make the insurance companies carry everyone regardless of negligence. They provide a service to cover people in case of problems. Without insurance companies, everyone would be on their own and have to be responsible anyway. The insurance companies just provide a way to plan for it.

If you are a bad driver who drinks and drives, should auto insurers be forced to carry you at the same rate as a safe driver? Of course not - the liability is too great. The insurer would be out of business in no time at all with policies like that.

Just another way for the stick people to force others to look like like them---died 3 days ago and haven't been buried yet. Skinny boneyards make me sick. Ever notice the grayness of their skin and the sunken eyes----nice to look at right? Stop busy bodying in someone else's business and mind your own.

Kids will eat what they desire...But they will grow up to know how to keep healthy.They should learn how to enjoy life like they are. they should be givin insurance "obese" or not.They wil lgrow skinnier in there teen years. We are all chubby as kids.