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Health Insurance for the Family Dog
The word insurance is one of those words that just makes
you cringe. Next to putting gas in your car it seems like
the biggest expense you have and there is just so much
that you need. You need to keep insurance on your car (it
would have been really nice if somebody would have told
how big a financial drain that was going to be), if you
own a home you pay homeowners insurance, if you rent an
apartment you have renters insurance, you struggle with
the ever soaring cost of health care insurance, and if you
are a really responsible family member you have life
insurance. And now you find you are hearing that you
should consider purchasing a health insurance plan for
your pet dog.
You love your dog, he's more then a pet, he's a valued
member of your family and probably your best friend. But
health insurance? You can barely afford to put food on
your table how are you supposed to be able to afford to
insure your pet. Besides he's just a mutt, dog health care
insurance is for fancy purebred show dogs, not your rescue
pet.
The shoestring you’re probably living on is the very
reason you might want to consider putting pet health
insurance on your pet. The average dog owner takes their
pet dog to the veterinarian approximately 2.3 times a year
and it will cost you approximately two hundred and eleven
dollars per year. My guess is that each time you pay the
vet bill your budget is screaming for mercy.
What happens if your dog contracts a disease, or gets
hurt? It doesn't take much to rack up some pretty serious
vet bills. What if you have to leave town and can't take
your dog with you? Can you really afford to leave your dog
at a boarding kennel? You already know how much you have
to pay for your prescriptions, do you really think that a
dog prescription is going to be any cheaper.
Your dog is your best friend and a treasured member of
your family could you really live with yourself if you had
to put him to sleep just because you couldn't afford his
vet bill.
It is possible to get health care insurance for your dog
for approximately ten dollars a month. While it might not
cover all of your dogs vet care needs it could help. If
you shop around and read each plan carefully you should
even be able to find a pet healthcare plan that will help
pay for your routine vet visits. Some pet insurance plans
will even cover some boarding expenses.
Some questions you should ask the pet health insurance
company you are considering buying a pet health care
policy from is whether or not your vet accepts that
particular type of insurance, if there is a cap on
treatments, how much is your deductible, and how will they
handle any pre-existing conditions your dog might have.
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