Wellness plans are a unique way to provide your pets with
all their preventive care and wellness needs in an affordable package broken up
into monthly payments. Preventive and
wellness care includes all procedures necessary to prevent disease and kept
your pet healthy which includes doctor examinations, intestinal parasite
screens, heartworm tests, vaccinations and laboratory tests such as annual
blood work and urinalysis.
What is the financial
value to having a wellness plans?
Wellness plans save the owner significantly in two ways,
through discounted services and allowing the costs of yearly wellness care to
be spread out over twelve months.
Depending on the type of plan, services and medications outside of the
typical wellness visit are reduced a certain percentage off the original
cost. All yearly preventive medications
such and flea and heartworm preventives are discounted as well. Several plans also include free sick visits
should your pet need to be seen in between wellness visits for an unplanned
illness. The yearly recommended wellness
care is not only discounted but divided over twelve months and this helps avoid
a large bill at those yearly visits.
Are wellness plans
the same as insurance?
While wellness plans and pet insurance are both designed to
save the owner financially, they are different.
Insurance typically only pays for sickness and major medical
issues. Although not nearly as
burdensome as human medical insurance and much more affordable, pet insurance
usually does not pay for wellness and preventive care. The company that manages our wellness plans,
Veterinary Pet Insurance, offers a discount on their pet insurance to our
clients whose pets are on wellness plans.
What types of plans
are available?
There are many different plans designed to fit your and your
pet’s needs. Choices included plans for
puppies and kittens that can include spaying and neutering, plans designed for
young healthy pets and older pets with special medical needs, and plans with
dental cleaning as well.
Will wellness plans
benefit my pets overall health?
In one word, absolutely!
Many studies have been conducted proving that pets receiving yearly
recommended wellness care live an average of three to four years longer. Remember that pets age much quicker than we do
increasing the importance of early disease detection through regular
examinations and annual blood work. So your pet will not only live longer, the
time they are with you they will be much healthier therefore enjoying a better
quality of life.
Call Eastside Animal Hospital today at 256-232-0660 or go to our website at www.MyAthensVet.com and find out which plan is right for your pet!
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