Should I Buy Pet Health Insurance?

by Felicia Williams

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Insurance for a pet? You're joking right? ... No, I'm not. We love our pets and want to keep them healthy. Keeping them healthy costs money. Let's face it, they need to be spayed/neutered, they need to have vaccinations, sometimes they eat things they shouldn't and require medical attention. They also get human type ailments such as pink eye and cancer. Why shouldn't we buy pet health insurance for our pets? It only makes sense.

Did you know that as much as 50% of older dogs develop cancer? According to Texas A & M University, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, "compared to humans, dogs are...
35 times more likely to develop skin cancer
4 times as likely to develop breast tumor
8 times likely to suffer from bone cancer
2 times as likely to develop leukemia…"

These are alarming numbers. The cost of cancer treatment is astronomical. It seems reasonable that we want to protect our animals and protect our pockets at the same time.

Is it hard to find pet health insurance?

No, contact your veterinarian. I'm sure your vet is aware of several insurance companies that provide this coverage. They may even have a few flyers hanging around their office. Or, get on the internet. A simple Google search yielded quite a few pet health insurance companies. At the end of this article, is a list of several pet health insurance companies. You'll find companies in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia.

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Felicia A. WilliamsABOUT THE AUTHOR: Felicia A. Williams is a freelance writer and webmaster of this website, Visit Hudson Valley.com and No Job for Mom.com. She also blogs about Living Green one choice at a time.

This document last modified Sunday, 02-Mar-2008 12:06:43 EST




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