The Pros and Cons of Pet Health Insurance: Is It Worth It?

We asked veterinarians what challenges they are having MORE trouble with over the past 12 months. There was some nuance in the response between private and corporate practices:

Corporate Practices

1. Finding staff


2. Staff burnout


3. Pet owner financial constraints

Private Practices

1. Finding staff


2. Pet owner financial constraints


3. High appointment demand

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• The US is the only OECD country without some form of universal health coverage, resulting in the US spending twice as much (per capita) than other OECD countries.


• Despite this higher spending, most data shows health outcomes in the U.S. to be worse than other OECD countries, even after adjusting for nuances like above-average obesity.


• A 2020 study by

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While millions more Americans have health insurance coverage as a result of the ACA, the system-wide costs of healthcare have continued to rise in the past decade. Insurance has born the brunt of that increase, although out-of-pocket costs have also risen, both on a raw dollars and per capita basis.