Your pet may not be covered anymore as America's biggest insurance company axes cats and dogs from plans

Daily Mail ^ | 6/18/24 | Tilly Armstrong

[metmom]

Exactly.

Chemo for animals and hip replacements?????

Seems a bit extreme for an animal.

The lengths I’ve seen people go to keep their animals alive is kind of astounding. I know someone who was hand feeding her 17 year old cat to keep it alive when it stopped eating. She just couldn’t let it go.

[metmom]

Pet insurance is a scam. It starts out feasible and the premiums go up every year to the point where it’s hard to pay. Then when you need it you find they won’t cover the cost. Take the money you would pay on premiums and put it into a savings account

Interestingly, people never consider that option. If it's invested well, it will give a good return.

Then if you don't need it, when the pet is gone, it's yours.

[metmom]

$128/mo for 12 months = $1536 per year.

[metmom]

For how many years????

[metmom]

Does it have a deductible, too? Or limits of any kind?

[Albion Wilde]

A veterinarian whom I met socially once explained to me that while MDs learn anatomy, a veterinarian must learn cat anatomy, dog anatomy, pet bird anatomy; and if they are farmer's vets, horse anatomy, cow anatomy, sheep anatomy, goat anatomy—down the line with breeds, diseases, treatments, etc. etc.

The thing that often separates vets from docs is often that they go into the field for love and sincere interest; while many docs go into it for money. Of course, that is not universally true.

[McGavin999]

Or you just leave it in your pet vet account for the next one.

[metmom]

True.

Then you have a head start.

[cquiggy]

Canceled after paying in all those premiums on a beloved pet. Now the pets are older and harder to insure.
It sounds like Nationwide is Not on your side.
Looks like a huge Class Action Suit is coming !

[WASCWatch]

What does anyone expect when pet insurance is in play. Of course pet care prices are going to increase.

[oldtech]

In the last few years as a retiree, I have noticed there is more & more that I can’t do myself. Of all the things I must pay for, insurance is one of the worst. To me it seems that main cause is Biden’s inflation. That guy has raised prices terribly in all areas. If you are in a fixed income as many are, you are in a terrible spot. Each instance, the cost of everything is more just because everybody else thinks they must charge more to compensate. The individual on fixed income has no direction to go. Before, I could compensate somewhat by being able to do many things myself instead of paying someone else.