I just discovered this as well. I'm 48 hours in and now crippled. I guess we both joined today to point this out! Additionally, when I load a save game my party is automatically reduced to 2/3 of their total health, despite being fully healed when I saved.
It is not reduced to 2/3 of their total health. The health is set to what you would get if you remove all the con booster items. I hope they fix this too in the next patch/hotfix.
