Pet Insurance – Is It A Solution For The Problem of Rising Health Care Costs?
Despite the untold millions of pet owners in the U.S., a huge percentage of them do not have any form of pet insurance. This is strange when these creatures are treated much like a member of the home and thought of more like children than animals. The average US citizen would not neglect his or her own health insurance needs; when we arrange insurance for every other area, why doesn’t the family pet get insured? Many do not consider this that important a matter. But unfortunately too many pet owners soon learn how costly it is when their pets require treatment. The cost of taking an animal for treatment at the vet’s has become more expensive during the last ten years; for those people with pet insurance, they have witnessed this rise in the form of premium increases. If rising costs to protect your pet are not enough to convince you, there are others to consider. Accidents and serious illnesses occur from time to time; this invariably happens at the worst times, financially. If you are
