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BPO Medical Forum => Treatment & Preventative Meds => : ratdog February 18, 2008, 06:52:05 PM
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There seems to be 2 types of insurance out there. One that pays for preventive health and not hereditary stuff and another that pays for hereditary stuff but not preventive stuff. I'm leaning towards the second type. That would cover the most expensive treatment.
I was just wondering if anyone out there has puppy insurance and what their experience has been with it or if you know of anyone with it and their thoughts about it.
Terri
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We use VPI pet insurence and it is the best thing we could have done. You pay upfront, and then you fax the reciept ad the dr. appt why he was there thing, and they send you your money; BUT...they claim they don't cover certain things, although they do. Jazmine got papaloma virus from another dog, and they said they would cover nothing. But i send in the form anyway, and i got ALL $600 back from them. So don't be afraid to send it anyway. I would highly recommend them, they are great. They actually now cover 100% of spay/neuter, yearly exam, dental or hearworm, and more. I would highly recommend them!
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We use VPI pet insurence and it is the best thing we could have done. You pay upfront, and then you fax the reciept ad the dr. appt why he was there thing, and they send you your money; BUT...they claim they don't cover certain things, although they do. Jazmine got papaloma virus from another dog, and they said they would cover nothing. But i send in the form anyway, and i got ALL $600 back from them. So don't be afraid to send it anyway. I would highly recommend them, they are great. They actually now cover 100% of spay/neuter, yearly exam, dental or hearworm, and more. I would highly recommend them!
How much do you pay monthly?
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We use VPI pet insurence and it is the best thing we could have done. You pay upfront, and then you fax the reciept ad the dr. appt why he was there thing, and they send you your money; BUT...they claim they don't cover certain things, although they do. Jazmine got papaloma virus from another dog, and they said they would cover nothing. But i send in the form anyway, and i got ALL $600 back from them. So don't be afraid to send it anyway. I would highly recommend them, they are great. They actually now cover 100% of spay/neuter, yearly exam, dental or hearworm, and more. I would highly recommend them!
How much do you pay monthly?
I'm curious too...
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We use VPI pet insurence and it is the best thing we could have done. You pay upfront, and then you fax the reciept ad the dr. appt why he was there thing, and they send you your money; BUT...they claim they don't cover certain things, although they do. Jazmine got papaloma virus from another dog, and they said they would cover nothing. But i send in the form anyway, and i got ALL $600 back from them. So don't be afraid to send it anyway. I would highly recommend them, they are great. They actually now cover 100% of spay/neuter, yearly exam, dental or hearworm, and more. I would highly recommend them!
The preventative stuff is great and would save about $300 to $350 a year (actually the cost of the plan) but I'm thinking of what if she got a hereditary condition. Wouldn't that really break the bank? Just curious. I looked at the VIP website and did not see where they covered that type of problem.
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i have the information what are you looking for?
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I just don't know if it would be better to go the preventative route or the hereditary route. It is appealing to have have the yearly stuff taken care of and at the same time to think that what if a hope replacement was needed. That would be a lot of money.
How much is your policy?
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I got a policy when I adopt Issy, it's $15 a month. It was suppose to have expired after a certain amount of time but they have continued taking it out of my account!! At first I kept trying to call and could never get through (pet food stuff was keeping the lines jammed). I decided to at least keep it for a year or so since she is still a pup. It doesn't cover annual things. I almost got some for Daphne but since I didn't know her history I didn't think I would be able to get any, and now with the looming possibility of a heart issue I'm probably totally out of luck!!!!
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... I almost got some for Daphne but since I didn't know her history I didn't think I would be able to get any, and now with the looming possibility of a heart issue I'm probably totally out of luck!!!!
Unless the vet has seen her about it you should be ok ... as long as you have the policy before the vet diagnoses her.
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I found this article that was helpful. http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/AssessYourNeeds/ShouldYouBuyPetInsurance.aspx
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the rates went up, and they have added new things, so the cost used to be 20 a month for my dane, but now it has sky rocketed to 33. Granted 33 is better than a bill for 650....
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I'll have to check into that. They THINK it's her heart but they haven't run the definitive tests as of yet (I can't afford it at the moment!!)
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I'm looking at PetPlan. They do cover problems that are on-going without a lifetime "ceiling" on what they pay out. It is expensive, though. $40 to $50 a month. They cover up to $20,000 a year then it starts over for the next year. The Gold Plan is $490 a year and covers theft and loss of pet. That is with a $100 deduct and 20% copay. (You can choose several variations of the deduct and copay) The deduct is not for each time you take them to the vet but say if they broke a leg it would be for the initial visit only.
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I'm looking at PetPlan. They do cover problems that are on-going without a lifetime "ceiling" on what they pay out. It is expensive, though. $40 to $50 a month. They cover up to $20,000 a year then it starts over for the next year. The Gold Plan is $490 a year and covers theft and loss of pet. That is with a $100 deduct and 20% copay. (You can choose several variations of the deduct and copay) The deduct is not for each time you take them to the vet but say if they broke a leg it would be for the initial visit only.
But they do not cover routine (yearly) stuff.
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We use VPI pet insurence and it is the best thing we could have done. You pay upfront, and then you fax the reciept ad the dr. appt why he was there thing, and they send you your money; BUT...they claim they don't cover certain things, although they do. Jazmine got papaloma virus from another dog, and they said they would cover nothing. But i send in the form anyway, and i got ALL $600 back from them. So don't be afraid to send it anyway. I would highly recommend them, they are great. They actually now cover 100% of spay/neuter, yearly exam, dental or hearworm, and more. I would highly recommend them!
The person I talked to said that they only pay up to $75/year on heartguard/flea&tick. My vet recommended them so I'll try them for the time being. I can always switch if I want to.
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I have ASPCA, its okay but Petplan is by far the best and Im changing to it asap.
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I have ASPCA, its okay but Petplan is by far the best and Im changing to it asap.
What is so good about Petplan? Do you have any info?
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We use VPI pet insurence and it is the best thing we could have done. You pay upfront, and then you fax the reciept ad the dr. appt why he was there thing, and they send you your money; BUT...they claim they don't cover certain things, although they do. Jazmine got papaloma virus from another dog, and they said they would cover nothing. But i send in the form anyway, and i got ALL $600 back from them. So don't be afraid to send it anyway. I would highly recommend them, they are great. They actually now cover 100% of spay/neuter, yearly exam, dental or hearworm, and more. I would highly recommend them!
I went with VPI. My vet also recommended them as well. Do you know if there is a waiting period from the time you sign up to when you can use the insurance? I don't see anything about that on the website.
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No there is no waiting time, you can call and ask them too...they are very nice people to talk to. They will tell you though that things are not covered...but, don't bother asking those things, just send in the paper work. If you look at it as ....not depending on the money back, you will do great. I always have recieved great money back from them. But people with high hopes are the ones who might have large issues. I guess when Jazmine had her surgery that they claimed was not covered...i grunted...and sent the papers anyway.....and to my surprise i got back all of it!!!!