Bennet: ‘Goldilocks Rule’ Should Not Apply When It Comes to Giving Coloradans the Health Care They Need

In Senate Speech, Bennet Spotlights Stories of Colorado Infants Who Have Unfairly Been Denied Coverage Based on Their Weight

Highlights How Reform Will Bring an End to Such Practices, While Improving Quality and Lowering Cost for Coloradans


Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, highlighted the need to deliver on meaningful health care reform for Coloradans that lowers costs, improves quality and makes absurd and unfair industry practices like denials based on pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.

In his remarks, Bennet put a spotlight on the stories of two Colorado infants, Alex Lange of Grand Junction and Aislin Bates of Eerie, who were recently denied health coverage for not meeting their proposed insurer’s height and weight standards.

Comparing Alex and Aislin’s experiences to the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Bennet underscored the absurdity of a health care system that discriminates based on preexisting conditions, stating that it “looks like you have to be just right to get insurance, even if you’re an infant.”