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 Message 603 
 Allen Prunty to Rick Christian 
 Re: Cat (Pet) Health Insurance 
 15 Dec 16 18:41:24 
 
On Nov 14, 2016 04:40am, Rick Christian wrote to All:

 RC> Any one had any experience with these?? Ones they like, dislike, or
 RC> other comments...

I have purchased it once... and discontinued it when my kitty had liver
failure.  One of my kitties stopped eating and started vomiting up yellow
plhem.  WHen I took him to the vet the pet health insurance paid for all the
labs that it needed but because there was a 95% chance that he would not make
it through they refused to pay for the hospitalization or the iv fluds and
stuff he needed.  Since I was a former paramedic and I was working at the time
I decided to take on the challenge and between me and my mother we began force
feeding him the A/D food and giving IV fluids twice a day.  After three weeks
of this he started eating and put on weight.  He lived anothe rtwo years after
that and the pet insurance cancelled him.  I kept the female on the insurance
and she ened up getting kitty breast cancer.  Again they only offered to pay
for the euthanasia.  At this time I reviewed it with my vet and she said
Priscilla would live another 6 months with a decent quality of life.  I
treated her for 6 months and then we had to let her go as it became apparent
that she would not get better.  There was a surgical option that would have
removed the tumors and possibly gave her a year or two more... but the
insruance would not pay for that.

All I have to say is get everything in writing. What they will and will not
pay... make sure you can use your vet of choice.  Don't do ANYTHING without
any written specifics.

Allen
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