Comments on: Bringing dogs into the health care debate http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/08/10/bringing-dogs-into-the-health-care-debate/ a site for dog lovers Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:03:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Eighteenpaws http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/08/10/bringing-dogs-into-the-health-care-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-9476 Eighteenpaws Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:57:20 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=11589#comment-9476 When I moved to MD 3 years ago, I discovered something here that was rare if not invisible in my home state Michigan -- the "mobile vet." (And you have written about this in the past.) There are several here who service the city and every county. As a person with multiple, large dogs, the yearly task of hauling to a vet office was emotionally and physically taxing, not to mention wildly expensive. I have found a WONDERFUL mobile vet who not only gives my dogs thorough and considerate annual exams and vaccinations while they rest in their own doggie beds, but also this has slashed my vet bills by easily over 50%. The hospital and office overhead are just gone. Plus, my regular monthly meds like heartworm and flea prevention can be purchased, via my vet's Rx, on any internet site at fiercely competitive prices. People with pets/lifestyles like mine and on tight budgets really ought to explore this option. A few years ago I worked part-time at a vet's office. The greater the influx of people buying and using "vet insurance," the more the hospital jacked up rates to accommodate the associated adminstrative activities. Pet ownership should never have to lead to either veterinary negligence nor poverty! When I moved to MD 3 years ago, I discovered something here that was rare if not invisible in my home state Michigan — the “mobile vet.” (And you have written about this in the past.) There are several here who service the city and every county. As a person with multiple, large dogs, the yearly task of hauling to a vet office was emotionally and physically taxing, not to mention wildly expensive. I have found a WONDERFUL mobile vet who not only gives my dogs thorough and considerate annual exams and vaccinations while they rest in their own doggie beds, but also this has slashed my vet bills by easily over 50%. The hospital and office overhead are just gone. Plus, my regular monthly meds like heartworm and flea prevention can be purchased, via my vet’s Rx, on any internet site at fiercely competitive prices. People with pets/lifestyles like mine and on tight budgets really ought to explore this option. A few years ago I worked part-time at a vet’s office. The greater the influx of people buying and using “vet insurance,” the more the hospital jacked up rates to accommodate the associated adminstrative activities. Pet ownership should never have to lead to either veterinary negligence nor poverty!

]]> By: Miss Jan http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/08/10/bringing-dogs-into-the-health-care-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-9469 Miss Jan Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:35:38 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=11589#comment-9469 Oh good grief what this is going to do is just add grist for the mill of those who would like the health insurance status quo to remain just that in this country. Not enough that Big Ins hires PR to disrupt town hall meetings, spreads disinformation about other countries' health care systems, and generally disses anyone who doesn't like our current health insurance system. Frankly I would DISmiss anything this Brit says as a whole lotta sour grapes! My stepdaughter is an American who married a Brit and has lived in London for the last 18 years and in comparing the two systems she says ANYTHING in Great Britain, Canada and Europe is far, far better for people than anything here. And don't get me started on the veterinary system in the US which adds up to little else but CHARGE WHAT THE TRAFFIC WILL BEAR and don't try to sue for incompetence! Oh good grief what this is going to do is just add grist for the mill of those who would like the health insurance status quo to remain just that in this country. Not enough that Big Ins hires PR to disrupt town hall meetings, spreads disinformation about other countries’ health care systems, and generally disses anyone who doesn’t like our current health insurance system. Frankly I would DISmiss anything this Brit says as a whole lotta sour grapes! My stepdaughter is an American who married a Brit and has lived in London for the last 18 years and in comparing the two systems she says ANYTHING in Great Britain, Canada and Europe is far, far better for people than anything here.

And don’t get me started on the veterinary system in the US which adds up to little else but CHARGE WHAT THE TRAFFIC WILL BEAR and don’t try to sue for incompetence!

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