Our dogs have health needs too, and sometimes health-related expenses can run into the many thousands of dollars. Can we assign a monetary value to the animals that we love? The animals that love us back? Would we deny our pets anything if could possibly afford a life saving or living extending therapy or treatment? ASPCA dog insurance offers peace of mind.
ASPCA Dog Health Insurance
It may surprise many people to learn that health insurance for a dog isn’t a new idea. The very first health policy for a dog was written way back in the 1920’s in Sweden. Companies in the United Kingdom have been insuring pets for decades and today the UK is the biggest single market for pet health insurance. The ASPCA has been insuring pets since 2006, in partnership with the Hartsville Group, a leader provider of pet health insurance since the 1990’s. Plans offer differing degrees of coverage, and like plans for humans, most packages include deductibles and varying premiums. Virtually every licensed veterinary clinic in the US and Canada may be used as a pet health care provider. Against the price of expensive surgeries and other major pet health procedures, insurance is a low cost means to guarantee that pets get only the best.
Why Your Pet Needs Coverage from ASPCA
Advances in Veterinary Medicine promise that our dogs can live longer, healthier lives. Many of the same modern, cutting edge treatments saving the lives of our friends, and neighbors, and family members are now available for our animal companions. But high tech medicine comes with an expensive price tag. The era when most people could pay most vet bills out of pocket is almost past. While affordable routine care will continue to be a norm, advanced care offers a new norm. It’s difficult to put a price tag on the family dog. The ASPCA believes that we should never be forced to make that kind of hard decision. With a health plan, such choices become unnecessary. The ASPCA has been protecting, rescuing, and re-homing animal companions for well over one hundred years. The organization hopes that over its next hundred years it can create a new paradigm for animal health care as well.