Pet insurance

October

You have to listen to this story via the link, rather than read, as it’s an NPR piece my friend and colleague Matt forwarded to me. A quick aside, Matt is the former owner of the late but beloved Bruce, a fabulous golden retriever who I had the pleasure of having met on occasion. A great, great dog.

So, this is a story about companies enabling their employees to get pet insurance. We discussed this a little bit a while back, but I’m still curious…do you have pet insurance? Why or why not?

I’ve meaning to get it myself since I got Stanley and Cup, but it’s just one of those things you don’t think of. But why, I wonder? My girls are only about 3 so I don’t expect any health problems, but you never know, right? And if I’d had insurance before Zamboni got sick, perhaps I would have saved a ton of money (I willingly spent it, and still would, but before I had to say goodbye, it was $2,000 in bills).

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at 6:47 pm by Laurel Babcock.
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One Response to “Pet insurance”

Steve C. October 22nd, 2009 at 9:09 am
I have had VPI pet insurance for my dog for as long as we have had him. It comes in handy, since we just got a feline, gggrrr, they wont accept anything younger than 6 months or something. what a pain. But it is helpful..we are on the installment plan. 35 bucks a month paid via credit card auto bill.

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