Guess that works as long as the bill is less than $365 a year, I wish.Originally Posted by Zipped
Guess that works as long as the bill is less than $365 a year, I wish.
yeah but I don't expect the pet to have many problems the first few years. you'll have $2000 every 5-6 years. I guess it really comes down to what pet you have. If you get a golden retriever you have to know that you're going to get boned by the bills when it gets older. We have cats and other than the initial bills after 7+ years the only big trip to the vet was for a cyst in an ear. If you're going to get a pet that is known to have issues then yeah, you should probably get insurance but if not, then I don't see why you shouldn't just set aside money yourself
I'm not saying the idea of this type of self-insurance is wrong, but I do have reason to suspect there might be a wider benefit to getting a plan.
The last time I tried to get treatment for a cat, I was told that the reason I couldn't get an early appointment with the vet was that the pets with insurance coverage took precedence. The only way I could jump the line was to opt for emergen$y treatment.
The insurance coverage in question was that provided by the animal hospital in the same manner as Kaiser Permanente, and the whole spiel might have simply been a means to push me into buying in to the plan.
The vets want a steady revenue stream (don't we all?) and I think insurance is going to be the way of the future.
you've obviously never heard me rant on insurance companies.
that's not a benefit...that's bullshit. and another way for a middle man to separate you from your money for no damn good reason.
that's all i am gonna have to say about this or it will get into an ugly rant.
I regret the extent to which my less than exquisitely formulated group of words might have led you to direct a rant towards me. I have come to the opinion that despite its promise, insurance is in large measure a scam.
No, but we can always save it for later
I guess I get a good deal, every claim has been down to accidents.
Slicing pads off because some shit head can't be bothered to put the beer bottle in the bin.
Crashing into trees chasing deer and the odd bite from other dogs when playing.
At the moment its the only insurance that I am making on
But you're right, most insurance is bullshit.
not directed towards you...towards the insurance scam.
wow, that's crazy. The vet would rather go through the bullshit of getting money from an insurance company rather than taking cold hard cash from a customer? Sounds like time to go vet shopping.
Everybody needs to go out and buy a book and take it home and beat their TV to death with it - Ron Bennington
No, not in the case I am referring to. The veterinary hospital was offering a Kaiser Permanente-type coverage for enrolled pets: a monthly fee to cover any problems.
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