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Article: DOGGED BY THE COST OF PET HEALTH CARE?
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- August 14, 2005
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Colin Brown and his wife, Ruth, only paid $250 of a nearly $3,000
veterinary bill for a pacemaker for their cocker spaniel, Lady.
Veterinary Pet Insurance paid the rest.
The Roanoke couple has had the insurance since 1989.
"It's worth every penny," Colin Brown said.
But VPI didn't help Lynn Fitzpatrick of Roanoke County much before
her poodle, Cosette, died in 2002. Cosette had a pre-existing heart
problem.
"In the end, it was more costly than it was helpful," said
Fitzpatrick, who does not have the insurance for her cocker spaniel,
Zoe.
Opinions vary about whether pet insurance for animals is cost-
effective. Pet insurance companies have been around for at least 20
years, but local ...