For those 50 and older, health insurance can be hard to come by
Victoria Colliver
San Francisco Chronicle
Kent Odell exercises six times a week and eats healthy foods. He is a lean 6-foot-2 and 190 pounds and says he has no known medical conditions. His blood pressure is low, and his cholesterol clocks in well below the recommended level.
But Odell is having trouble getting individual health insurance.
Kaiser Permanente rejected Odell for coverage because he used to smoke, even though he quit 16 years ago. But the Benicia man thinks the reason for the denial has more to do with a number over which he has no control: his age.
Odell is 56, too young for Medicare but a prime age to start developing health problems.
November 21, 2007 at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Blog Reactions
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