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Originally Posted by KazzyK810  Some people don't seem to understand that even with pet insurance, you still need funds to pay for emergencies. They think their pet's insurance is just like their own health insurance, and you just show the card & get treated, not realizing that you have to pay for the health services & then get reimbursed through the insurance.
I was with ZoE at the ER vet a couple of week ago, and a woman was ranting at the desk about having insurance, so she wanted her dog treated and was yelling at the receptionist who was trying to explain that payment must be made at time of service, while the woman's yelling, "I have insurance, you getting your #^%$&^# money!!!"  |
You are correct. I am sorry I should have mentioned that in my post. It is another thing to check out with your insurer.
I do know here in Canada at many emergency hospitals the walk in "cost' so to speak is $2000. THat is you need to have credit available for a $2000 bill before you even see the emerg vet. And they swipe your card to insure that.
How-ever for my Canadian friends, once you go to an emergency hospital once, my experience has been that they are pretty leninent on that $2k swipe on credit card, if of course you have paid up well before when you bring in your next animal.