April 2006

Insurance: Make It An Easy Decision

Major medical insurance is probably your best investment and will likely make things less painful if the worst happens.

This injury took literally hundreds of stitches and months of veterinary care.

To an uninvolved economy major it might seem a no-brainer: Don’t waste $300 a year to insure an $800 item. But we’re not talking about a used car. What if your horse becomes ill, and surgery could save his life? Could you afford the $4,000 cost?

Rather than risk putting yourself through that decision and maxing out your credit card, consider equine insurance. Although human health-care insurance may be reaching national-crisis levels, the animal side of things still looks pretty darn good in comparison. …