Quick and Easy
I signed up through State Farm. The agent I spoke with made it easy and answered my questions.
- INSURER:
Trupanion
- POSTED: 03/24/2023
- BY: Karen
- BREED: Pomapoo
- AGE OF PET: 0 - 3
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Easy and Fast!
Easiest time Iâve ever had signing up for insurance.
- INSURER:
Trupanion Canada
- POSTED: 03/24/2023
- BY: Michelle
- BREED: Miniature Schnauzer
- AGE OF PET: 0 - 3
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Highly recommend them
Claims service is wonderful. Claims are paid promptly and fairly. I wish my health insurance was as good as my dogs!
- INSURER:
Healthy Paws
- POSTED: 03/23/2023
- BY: Robert
- BREED: American Bulldog
- AGE OF PET: 7 - 10
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Very pleased
I filed 2 claims with Embrace so far, one for Daisy’s bladder stone surgery and one for Duke’s ACL tear repair. Both claims were approved within 3-4 weeks. I called the company once with a question and a live person answered and resolved my issue. I’m very pleased and thankful i have my dogs insured. Duke’s surgery alone was over $7000!
- INSURER:
Embrace
- POSTED: 03/23/2023
- BY: Cindy
- BREED: Mixed Breed Large (Over 75lb)
- AGE OF PET: 0 - 3
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Amazing
Amazing service, quick claims, and were very sweet when my dog passed. They called to help me change my policy. I would HIGHLY recommend it!!
- INSURER:
MetLife
- POSTED: 03/23/2023
- BY: Shannon
- BREED: Golden Retriever
- AGE OF PET: 7 - 10
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Emergency Vet Exams not covered, and Co-Insurance is! READ the FINE PRINT!!!
Two weeks ago, my dog was attacked by a large unleashed dog while being walked. She was bit, and had several serious lacerations on her neck, requiring the insertion of a drain, several stitches, medications and a 2-day hospital stay. The cost of it all came to $787.64. My plan provides for a $500 deductible, with an 80% reimbursement percentage, so I assumed my reimbursement would be $230.11 (80% of the $287. 64 allowed after subtracting my deductible.). To my utter shock, I received a completed claim notice advising me that I would receive a total of $17.32 on my $787.64 claim!
I immediately called and was told that the $141 “emergency exam” charge was not covered. The policy exclusion does in fact list “veterinary exams,” although it does not state “emergency veterinary exams,” which this one was listed as by my vet. I interpreted the exam exclusion to mean routine examinations, as I’m guessing most people would. After all, how can a veterinarian be expected to treat a badly injured dog brought in as an emergency without first ascertaining the type and degree of its injuries? Would it have been preferable for her to take xrays, or do a CAT scan, or even surgery without examining my dog to insure there was nothing more serious going on? Of course not…yet these more invasive diagnostic procedures would have been covered.
Then to add insult to injury, I was advised that of the $646.64 allowable charges ($787.64 minus the $141 emergency exam), I had a co-insurance obligation and was required to pay 20%, or $129.32 before subtracting the $500 deductible. In other words, $129.32 would be subtracted from the $646.64, giving me $517.32. After subtracting my $500 deductible from this amount, the reimbursement for my $787.64 fee would be $17.32.
I am not challenging this later charge, as I clearly did not pay attention to this little bit of very expensive and confusing fine-print in the policy! But I find it interesting that none of the so-called pet insurance review sites ever mention it under the list of policy “cons.” And, by the way, this is not a standard requirement of all pet insurance companies (see Embrace, for instance), so I encourage pet owners to read the fine print more carefully than I did before deciding on a plan. And to take Healthy Pets off the list of “one of the best.”
- INSURER:
Healthy Paws
- POSTED: 03/23/2023
- BY: Laura
- BREED: Border Terrier
- AGE OF PET: 4 - 6
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Avoid petsplusus
Pay for asong as you like once you make your first claim then they ask for your let's medical history since birth... Fine but should have asked me from the moment I started paying. I provide all medical history and now again they tell me I need proof that from my previous insurance that I have left them... I left them a year ago. This has been just a circle of heada he's and extremely slow response. I highly do not recommend.
- INSURER:
Pets Plus Us
- POSTED: 03/23/2023
- BY: Gino
- BREED: Bengal
- AGE OF PET: 0 - 3
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My fog would be blind without Pet First
After insuring with Pet First, ny dog became diabetic and then blind. With the insurance I was !able to have her sight restored! I tell Every dog owner about Pet First!!!
- INSURER:
MetLife
- POSTED: 03/23/2023
- BY: Lynne
- BREED: Rottweiler
- AGE OF PET: 7 - 10
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Simple and easy claims process and well worth the money.
We are very happy with the service provided by Healthy Paws. The claims process and the app were very easy to navigate. The insurance is worth every penny. We’ve had two instances of needing the insurance and Healthy Paws was quick to process and pay out the claims. They also checked in on how our dog was doing. This has probably been the best insurance process I’ve been through with any type of insurance.
- INSURER:
Healthy Paws
- POSTED: 03/23/2023
- BY: Trung
- BREED: Goldendoodle
- AGE OF PET: 0 - 3
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Excellent Service and Coverage
As a person goes thru injuries and preliminary cost estimates, it is so rewarding to talk to your insurance provider, in this case Trupanian, and rest assured you have insurance with full explanations that you are needing. Thank you Trupanian
- INSURER:
Trupanion Canada
- POSTED: 03/23/2023
- BY: Carol
- BREED: Havanese
- AGE OF PET: 4 - 6
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POSTED: | BY: The Healthy Paws Team
Laura, We’re so sorry that you baby was attacked and injured by another dog. We do our best to be transparent regarding the limited exclusions of your Healthy Paws plan. Those exclusions are pre-existing conditions, preventative/routine care, and the office visit fee (vet exam, emergency exam, recheck or consultation).By making these limited exclusions part of the pet parent's financial responsibility, it allows us to offer a complete accident and illness plan at an affordable monthly premium. We also make every effort to inform our clients on how our reimbursement calculations work. We include this information (including examples) on our website within our "Frequent Asked Questions" page. Our process for calculating reimbursements is approved by each state's Department of Insurance and are based upon the deductible/reimbursement level a client chooses at enrollment. As with any policy with a deductible, that deductible must be met before any claim reimbursement.