Poor Belle Starr!

[glatt]

During the dot-com bubble, we had to offer pet insurance as an employee benefit in our California office as a cheap way to try to help attract and keep employees. A kind of a "Hey! Our company is so good, we give pet insurance." deal. I still shake my head over that one. Only in California.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Our cat's op and associated consulation/convalesing last year came to over £400, while doggie has ramped up between £200 and £500 each year so far with skin related ailments -

I wonder if the ramping , or part of it, is because they know you have insurance?

As pet insurance becomes more prevalent, the prices will climb so that more people have to get it in order to keep up....and up....and up....

[Cyclefrance]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I wonder if the ramping , or part of it, is because they know you have insurance?

As pet insurance becomes more prevalent, the prices will climb so that more people have to get it in order to keep up....and up....and up....

Couldn't agree more - that's what happens everywhere where/when an insurer foots the bill. Had some work done under insurance on the roof last year and for the price the insurance co paid they could have retiled the whole roof! Insureres don't seem to worry about this practice - it just gets factored into the premiums. All we can hope is that as new players enter the market seeing an opportunity to gain business by better monitoring of the 'fixer's' costs then prices will enjoy a downward adjustment - wouldn't hold breath on it though...

[Trilby]

wow, mari. I just read this thread and I am sooo happy the pup is okay now. It sucks when animals are in distress.