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BonBon 07-26-2011 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Maximo (Post 3607483)
What are your monthly premium payments per dog with Petplan and Embrace?
With Embrace, my monthly premiums range from about $30 to almost $35 per month per pet, based on their age. I have a 10% copay, a $200 deductible and a $10,000 annual maximum on each of them.

Embrace offers 5% discounts for spayed/neutered pets and for multi-pet coverage. They no longer offer a microchip discount. :confused: Trupanion does not offer any discounts.

Embrace has similar waiting periods to Petplan - 14 days for illness and 6 months for orthopedic issues (including broken bones) unless you choose to have an initial orthopedic exam done by your vet, then Embrace will waive the 6 month waiting period for orthopedics.

MFDiva 07-26-2011 11:15 AM
There is a pet insurance review site online
 
Trupanion offered a free trial through my vet. After reading the reviews and making some phone calls, I went with Healthy Paws. They have been stellar
Current Customer Ratings - Pet Insurance Review

nychelse 07-27-2011 04:44 AM
Does anyone have petfirst?

Britster 07-27-2011 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Ellie May (Post 3607446)
Just because I'm curious.. :)

I chose Petplan for Rylee because I like the $0 copay (at regular vet and ER only) a whole lot, the $50 per incident deductible is so low, they cover chronic conditions and don't consider them pre-existing at the start of a new year, there is no per incident limit, and genetic issues are covered.
When you say they don't consider them pre-existing at the start of a new year... does this mean if I were to get Petplan for Jackson starting in 2012, his pancreatitis issue would not be considered "pre-existing"? That just seems to good to be true, lol.

Ellie May 07-27-2011 08:06 PM
That would be too good to be true.

If a dog has any medical condition before signing up, it is considered pre-existing. Conditions that are expected to keep recurring (pancreatitis probably falls into this category) will never be covered. Not even sure other diseases with similar GI symptoms would be covered with Petplan. That would be a question for the sales rep. Conditions that aren't expected to recur (like kennel cough) can be covered after a waiting period as long as the disease is totally "cured".

With some insurance companies, they like to get you by considering a chronic condition pre-existing at the start of a new year. For example (making this up): Ellie is enrolled in Insurance X. After all waiting periods she gets liver disease (which she has never had before). It is covered for the rest of the first year. When I go to pay for my plan the next year, it is now considered pre-existing and no longer covered. Some companies do this and some don't, so you have to be really careful.

BonBon 07-28-2011 04:45 AM
Brit, here's what Embrace says about pre-existing conditions and those considered "curable".
Pet Insurance & Pre-Existing Conditions | EMBRACE

I'm not sure where Jackson would fall in this. You may remember back at the first of May, Maddox had the one episode of very bloody diarrhea? This incident is the claim that made me leave Trupanion :mad:, but before I did I checked with Embrace to see if Maddox would be eligible for future coverage with them. They told me that he would be covered for similar tummy issues 12 months after the latest occurence. BUT, Maddox was not diagnosed as having pancreatis or any ongoing chronic condition.

Anyway, it may be worth calling Embrace and Petplan just to see what they say about Jackson's situation.

Give that little hunk huggins for me! :)

gumbysuz 07-28-2011 12:40 PM
As I have posted in similar threads, I am satisfied with Dori's Embrace coverage. We pay $36/mo with 20% copay and $200 deductible (you can create your own copay/deductible combo). We also pay $145 for $200 of wellness care
(physicals, vaccines, titers, fecals, bloodwork, nails, microchip, spay, even flea protection). Service is excellent and friendly. Reimbursements go right into your checking acct.

beachdog 07-30-2011 04:35 AM
I wish I had bought this years ago for Paris....

www.paristheblindwonderdog.blogspot.com

HeathenFaerie 09-06-2011 05:33 AM
Hmmm I never thought about pet insurance. I am googling Healthy Paws.

Anyone else have pet insurance or information on pet insurance?

My lil friend 09-06-2011 05:45 AM
We are using "petplan".
After I registered Mina with AKC they sent me several emails about their pet insurance,I didn't check into it because we were already signed up for petplan. Also there is a thread in the library here on pet insurance.

LuvTaycieGirl 09-06-2011 08:43 AM
I have Trupanion. Customer Service for us was great. Recieved a check within a week of filing our first claim.. So far no complaints.

LDMomma 09-07-2011 09:50 AM
My four girls are covered with Petplan. My premiums range from $98-$153 per year depending on breed (they are all the same age).

We chose Petplan because I thought it was the best value when my girls were puppies.

They have had stellar customer service any time I've had to file a claim and I've always got my money reimbursed within 2 weeks.

I think we have the bronze plan with the $200 deductible because I figure that we can cover that. I've only had to use it for my Lily and it's been a life-saver. On her surgeries, we've been more than reimbursed for the cost of all four of our dogs premiums.

Buster Brown 09-07-2011 03:14 PM
Buster is covered by PetPlan. I was lucky because we enrolled in April and Buster was diagnosed with LP in October and they covered it. My annual premium went up when they switched to another insurance provider but I am very happy with them.

EllaJoy 09-12-2011 08:02 AM
Do any of the insurance plans cover a liver shunt?

Roxi Ree 09-12-2011 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by EllaJoy (Post 3663519)
Do any of the insurance plans cover a liver shunt?
I insured Roxi with PetPlan when she was 3 months old because they do cover genetic diseases. I pay $225 a year with $100 deductible (per condition) with 90/10 at regular vet and 80/20 at specialty/er with an $8,000 per year limit. Roxi was diagnosed with MVD (thankfully no liver shunt) and with PetPlan I only paid the $100 and then the 10% for the bloodwork done at my regular vet and the 20% of the costs incurred with the surgeon at the specialty hospital. Altogether her liver issues were around $2,000 and I received checks for about $1,500.00. I couldn't have paid for this without the insurance and PetPlan was awesome to work with. I had all 3 checks within 10 days of filing claim. They did make a mistake and charge a 2nd $100 deductible (remember $100 deductible per condition) and they reimbursed me within 3 days. I don't know how they handle pre-existing conditions...I made sure to get Roxi insured as soon as I got her.


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