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"We can't get health insurance because we're taking medications that were prescribed by our doctors. I don't think that's right."

That prescription you just picked up at the drugstore could hurt your chances of getting health insurance.

An untold number of people have been rejected for medical coverage for a reason they never could have guessed: Insurance companies are using huge, commercially available prescription databases to screen out applicants based on their drug purchases...

Most consumers and even many insurance agents are unaware that Humana, UnitedHealth Group , Aetna (AET), Blue Cross plans, and other insurance giants have ready access to applicants' prescription histories. These online reports, available in seconds from a pair of little-known intermediary companies at a cost of only about $15 per search, typically include voluminous information going back five years on dosage, refills, and possible medical conditions. The reports also provide a numerical score predicting what a person may cost an insurer in the future...</i

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My urbex pals Amanda (a.k.a. poxyd) and Rich are getting hitched, and they enlisted me to take some engagement photos for their families. We spent a couple of hours today wandering around the state park in Newburyport with my camera.

Here are a few of the photos:











At one point Amanda caught a frog in the grass. I had an idea...

( I am pretty happy with how this came out )