Vet Bills & Insurance
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Two Dollars Short of Our Pet Insurance DeductibleAugust 19, 2025Two itchy-dog visits, $498 in eligible bills and $0 reimbursed. A mid-year look at what we've paid in premiums versus what came back.
Mabel's Dental: Three Extractions and a $1,183 BillJune 13, 2025A routine cleaning turned into three extractions. The estimate, the final bill, what my staff discount covered and why we paid from savings.
Itchy Paws in May and How Our Deductible Actually WorksMay 24, 2025Hank's spring allergy visit cost $212. How that bill counted toward our $500 deductible, and why nothing has come back this policy year.
Why the Dog Has Pet Insurance and the Cat Doesn't (Yet)April 8, 2025One costly holiday surgery, one staff discount and two very different animals: how we decided which pet to insure and which to self-fund.
Hank's Annual Checkup, Itemized: List Price vs. What We PaidMarch 10, 2025Exam, vaccines, heartworm test and a fecal: every line from Hank's spring visit, what it lists for, and what we paid with my staff discount.