Healthy Paws | Pet Insurance Review

I’ve had Healthy Paws Pet Insurance for over a year. Prior to choosing them, I did extensive research to see what best fit my needs. I checked web sites like this one, my “Off Hours Emergency Vet”, my “regular Vet”, Consumer Reports (September 2010 has a good article) and each provider’s “fine print”. I have a couple Senior Golden Retrievers and found that Healthy Paws worked best for me. Since they are Goldens, many carriers wouldn’t cover “Genetic Conditions”, even if they hadn’t shown symptoms. This could range from dermatitis to cancer. In addition, I liked the “Unlimited” aspect. If anyone had ever had to treat a pet in an emergency situation, they are aware how fast the cost rises. My experience has been positive and the reimbursement is fast, usually within a week. I’ve also called them a few times and I didn’t have to wait longer than five minutes to speak with someone. One thing I would suggest is if/when you sign up, you make sure that they get all your pet’s records so that the processing time is reduced. Two of my recent claims have been a major stomach issue with one dog that needed an IV and a day in the hospital and the other dog needing eye surgery because she scratched her eye and it wouldn't heal and we had to take her to a specialist.

Our male German Shepherd began hyper-salivating and throwing up one Sunday afternoon and we took him to the emergency vet. He was taken in right away because they thought he had GDE, which is fatal if not treated immediately. Fortunately that was ruled out and he was just ill with flu like symptoms. He was treated and we were able to take him home and he is fine! After some confusion over getting his records from our vet to Healthy Paws, the claim was expedited and paid out in an extremely efficient manner. The customer service was friendly, efficient and concerned for our boy. We did a lot of research before we selected Healthy Paws for our two German Shepherds, and we are positive we made the right choice.

Leon our Pitbull injured his CCL(in humans it's the ACL. He had surgery on a Wednesday and I submitted the claim forms to Healthy Paws on Friday and by Monday had an invoice form back from them showing the amount that were covering. I am very impressed with this company and they always have a nice note back asking how Leon is doing. I would recommmend them (and have)to any pet owner.

I can't even begin to explain how much I love Healthy Paws! Safari had a mystery illness that took us to the hospital a few times. His bill was well into $3000. Healthy Paws turned around the claims lightning fast, answered all of my questions quickly and even checked in on Safari more than once. To know that we didn't even have to consider money in finding the right treatment for Safari was more than comforting... it helped us focus on his recovery! If you own a pet, GET INSURANCE! And if you're not sure who to choose, go with Healthy Paws!

My cat Robin recently had surgery related to cancer. In sum it was more than $3000 and Healthy Paws finally covered about 80% of that amount. The service was incredibly fast. So I have had great experience and I am happy I bought that insurance.