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Wednesday, September 01, 2004Have you taken your pet to the vet lately? Remember writing that check for $50 or $135 without flinching because you wanted the right shots and the best possible care for Fluffy? It's probably been a long time since you wrote a check for $35 for an office visit in an MD's office.- You probably wrote only a check for a $10-15 copay. Then your insurance program (after a lot of paperwork for the doctor) reimbursed him an additional $18-25, making his total payment for your visit $28-35. Strange, isn't it, that we think nothing of writing those big checks to the vet because we haven't been 'educated' that we're 'entitled' to veterinary care for our pets. We pay his price because we know it's the right thing to do for our pets, and we're willing to pay even a little extra for a vet with a good reputation or a helpful office staff. Obviously we don't value our pet's health more than we do our own; so why have we been taught to balk at paying for our routine health care ourselves? Amen, brother. And there's loads more at his home page. (Once again, hat tip to my family medicine list serve.) posted by Sydney on 9/01/2004 06:25:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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