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Is The Avoidable Death Of Your Pet Acceptable To You ?
Right now, perhaps 99% of you are saying “it’s NOT acceptable for my pet (cat, dog, etc) to die. At least not at a young age. And not when some simple veterinarian care could save him/her.
But that is what is happening to thousands of pets every year in America. I am having to think that those animals’ owners are OK with the death of their pets, when they never lifted a finger to a keyboard, or dialed a phone # to try to fix the problem.
The problem ? The standard practice of veterinarians to require full payment for full medical care UP FRONT, before any care at all is administered.
Pet insurance ? Yes, it’s cheap. $20/month is common. That’s not the problem. The problem is that the vets still require the UP FRONT payment, even if you have insurance (which is why so few pet owners have it).
It’s not at all unreasonable to say that veterinarians should not require full payment before care is given. Who, other than them, gets paid in advance ? Practically nobody. Generally, you do the work and you get paid AFTER it’s done. This is true also of human doctors and hospitals , who simply take an insurance card and get to work. Then, they get reimbursed later, unlike the veterinarians who get their money immediately, and then you get reimbursed later by your insurance company (IF you have the thousands of $$ to pay out of your own pocket when you bring your pet in).
And if you don’t have that thousands of dollars ? Your pet is not accepted for treatment and he/she dies. So, this could be rectified just by legislation. But legislation requires public outcry. So have you Mr. And Ms. Pet owner stated your case to your legislators ? Or do you just accept the ludicrous scenario as it currently exists ? Maybe there are some people who have raised some cain over this, but if there are, I don’t know who, or where they are. As far as I know, I may be the only pet owner in America who is trying to correct this outrage, and is speaking out.
Lastly, please don’t anyone give us that old, worn-out cop-out that legislators won’t do anything except respond to lobbyists contributing to their re-election. In reality, yes they do that, but thousands of pieces of legislation have gotten passed over the past few years, having nothing to do with lobbying. If you guys want to keep your pets healthy (and alive), raise some objection to the UP FRONT rule that veterinarians require.
Every pet owner should have pet medical insurance, and it ought to be able to get your pet care immediately, just by presenting you pet insurance card (same as human medical care).
Right now, perhaps 99% of you are saying “it’s NOT acceptable for my pet (cat, dog, etc) to die. At least not at a young age. And not when some simple veterinarian care could save him/her.
But that is what is happening to thousands of pets every year in America. I am having to think that those animals’ owners are OK with the death of their pets, when they never lifted a finger to a keyboard, or dialed a phone # to try to fix the problem.
The problem ? The standard practice of veterinarians to require full payment for full medical care UP FRONT, before any care at all is administered.
Pet insurance ? Yes, it’s cheap. $20/month is common. That’s not the problem. The problem is that the vets still require the UP FRONT payment, even if you have insurance (which is why so few pet owners have it).
It’s not at all unreasonable to say that veterinarians should not require full payment before care is given. Who, other than them, gets paid in advance ? Practically nobody. Generally, you do the work and you get paid AFTER it’s done. This is true also of human doctors and hospitals , who simply take an insurance card and get to work. Then, they get reimbursed later, unlike the veterinarians who get their money immediately, and then you get reimbursed later by your insurance company (IF you have the thousands of $$ to pay out of your own pocket when you bring your pet in).
And if you don’t have that thousands of dollars ? Your pet is not accepted for treatment and he/she dies. So, this could be rectified just by legislation. But legislation requires public outcry. So have you Mr. And Ms. Pet owner stated your case to your legislators ? Or do you just accept the ludicrous scenario as it currently exists ? Maybe there are some people who have raised some cain over this, but if there are, I don’t know who, or where they are. As far as I know, I may be the only pet owner in America who is trying to correct this outrage, and is speaking out.
Lastly, please don’t anyone give us that old, worn-out cop-out that legislators won’t do anything except respond to lobbyists contributing to their re-election. In reality, yes they do that, but thousands of pieces of legislation have gotten passed over the past few years, having nothing to do with lobbying. If you guys want to keep your pets healthy (and alive), raise some objection to the UP FRONT rule that veterinarians require.
Every pet owner should have pet medical insurance, and it ought to be able to get your pet care immediately, just by presenting you pet insurance card (same as human medical care).
