Insurers Focusing on Children's Health

you in turn learn from this press release that the insurance industry is your friend.

but the insurance industry wants higher costs, not lower costs.

the higher the costs, the more people who need insurance, since fewer can afford to self-insure at the higher prices.

that means more premiums, which means the insurance industy's cut of the larger pie is bigger, both from higher premiums to cover costs and from more people paying them.

if they lowered costs, their take would fall.

premiums always cover costs, so they're indifferent to the costs themselves.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Once a potato chip addict, 14-year-old Kate Brown won't touch the stuff these days. After enrolling in a nutritional program for kids, Brown learned things about her favorite snacks that horrified her _ like how much fat is loaded into a bag of chips. Gone are the days when she'd come home from school and park in front of the computer. She's joined a soccer team and gets out as often as she can.