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Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called on health insurer WellPoint to stop dropping coverage for patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer, calling the practice "deplorable."

On the heels of an insurance company’s turning down a child for being too large, now a different company has denied coverage for Colorado toddler Aislin Bates, 2, because at 22 pounds she does not meet height and weight standards. Her doctor and parents say the girl is healthy and just petite, and is growing normally for her size.

After drawing national attention for denying coverage to a healthy but heavy 4-month-old boy, a Colorado insurer has changed its policy on hefty infants.

Pregnancy, acne among preexisting conditions for denying coverage, a practice reform bill targets.