Re: anyone has PC pet insurance?


"jmcquown" <jmcquown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I don't know about Canada, but where I live not all vets accept pet
insurance. The Avian vet where I take Peaches accepts it, but the vet I
take Persia to won't, so I've never bothered to purchase it.

If you know your vet, they may be willing to work out payment arrangements
for you. My little dog Sampson (RB) got very ill the morning I was moving
to this apartment back in 1998 and I thought it was the end for him. It
wasn't, yet, but when I picked him up the next day the bill was over $400.
I had just paid out all this money to move - you know how it is, paying
first/last month rent, security deposit, deposit to get the electric
turned
on, etc. I started crying when the receptionist told me how much the bill
was. She said, "Oh, hey, don't worry. We can work something out."
Because
he had been a patient there for 5 or 6 years, they broke the bill down
into
increments and I was able to pay them a little each month.

The same thing happened when Persia had her emergency surgery in 2004.
The
bill was almost $1,000. John (thank the lord) paid $900 of it but the
medications and other stuff, well... I was able to pay in increments
because
they knew me and knew Persia.

Jill

Rusty's vet accepts pet insurance. I discussed pet insurance with him when I
first
adopted Rusty almost 12 years ago.
I always paid the vet in full using my credit
card. He probably will accept payments in installments as Rusty has been his
patient for so long. My problem is not with paying a lump sum or in
installments, but just with facing a huge vet bill. I already paid >$500 in
vet bills in the
last couple of weeks and the year is not half over yet.
It only involved some shots, full blood and urine tests, exams, and nothing
major.
Things just add up, eg.a shot of Program costs >$50.
Of course there is also prescription food.
I dreaded what the bill will be like if Rusty develop things like diabetes,
kidney
problems which are fairly common among older cats.
But with all the deductions (which are higher for an older pet) and
copayment that comes with pet insurance, I probably will not get pet
insurance afterall.
Prepare for the worst, and hope for the best.

I was grocery shopping today and saw an ad on PC pet insurance that accepts
pets of all ages.
So I decided to take a closer look.

Winnie



"Chakolate" <chakolateDeathToSpammers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If you started right now and put away the amount the insurance policy
would cost every month, I bet it would cover most of the vet bills.

Chak

--
Any sufficiently advanced bureaucracy is indistinguishable from
molasses.




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