Pet insurance?

[jamer]

Does anyone have pet insurance? Think it's worth it? Getting a new puppy in a couple months and looking into this as I know vet bills add up quickly!

[dearprudence]

We have it. We adopted our current dog and depleted our savings account a few months later on eye surgery because he had rubbed off most of his cornea while in the shelter. We didn't have insurance then, but it would have saved a ton of money, so I advocate it. Now we really only use it for his vaccinations.

[jamer]

Aug 29, 2016 11:58:18 GMT -5 dearprudence said:

We have it. We adopted our current dog and depleted our savings account a few months later on eye surgery because he had rubbed off most of his cornea while in the shelter. We didn't have insurance then, but it would have saved a ton of money, so I advocate it. Now we really only use it for his vaccinations.

What insurance company did you choose?

[elletr13]

I have it as well. My work offers it as part of our benefits, and they pay 50% of the premium each month. We chose a plan that doesn't cover wellness visits/exams, just major medical issues. We have had it on one dog for 2 years and our other since Feb. We've met the deductible for both every time. I was very thankful we had it when, last Fall, one dog was diagnosed with arthritis and we were watching him for a possible ACL issue....he had Adequan shots for 8 weeks, $40/week and we were reimbursed.

Ours is through Nationwide. My BFF has one through HealthyPet or HealthyPaws....something like that. She likes it.

[jamer]

Aug 29, 2016 12:51:38 GMT -5 elletr13 said:

I have it as well. My work offers it as part of our benefits, and they pay 50% of the premium each month. We chose a plan that doesn't cover wellness visits/exams, just major medical issues. We have had it on one dog for 2 years and our other since Feb. We've met the deductible for both every time. I was very thankful we had it when, last Fall, one dog was diagnosed with arthritis and we were watching him for a possible ACL issue....he had Adequan shots for 8 weeks, $40/week and we were reimbursed.

Ours is through Nationwide. My BFF has one through HealthyPet or HealthyPaws....something like that. She likes it.

Thank you! Looking up nationwide it looks like they have good plans! Thanks!!