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Pets Best Debuts Feline Illness Insurance Plan
Posted: Aug. 15, 2012, 4:45 p.m. EDT
Pets Best Insurance launched a low-premium, illness-only feline insurance plan targeted at budget-conscious cat owners, the Boise, Idaho, company reported today.
The plan does not cover accidents but does provide coverage of up to $4,000 annually and $10,000 over a cat’s lifetime.
An entry-level plan starts at under $4 a month, the company reported. A quote from the company’s website for a $1,000 deductible, 70 percent reimbursement, illness-only policy for a 1-year-old, mixed-breed cat in California ran $2.11 a month.
According to the Pets Best website, the new plan includes coverage for:
- Cancer
- Hyperthyroidism
- Diabetes
- Chronic renal failure
- Acute renal failure
- Hepatic lipidosis
- Cholecystitis
- Feline asthma
- Pancreatitis
- Pneumonia
- Heart disease
- Intestinal foreign body
- Hypothyroidism
- Pyothorax
- Chylothorax
- Arthritis
- Acquired cataracts
- Feline infectious peritonitis (only if vaccinated)
- Feline leukemia virus (only if vaccinated)
- Anemia and clotting disorders
- Mast cell tumors
As of Aug. 7, 2012, the plan was available in these 26 states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. <HOME>
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