{"id":914,"date":"2023-10-31T21:25:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T21:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wyomingtraining.com\/subject-matter-minute-blog\/?p=914"},"modified":"2023-11-01T22:34:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T22:34:27","slug":"subject-matter-minute-episode-64-pet-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wyomingtraining.com\/subject-matter-minute-blog\/subject-matter-minute-episode-64-pet-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Subject Matter Minute, Episode #64 – Pet Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The below post is taken from the Video Blog, the Subject Matter Minute. You can view the episode on YouTube if you would like. Find it here: Episode #64 – Pet Insurance<\/a><\/p>\n

If YouTube is blocked for you or your agency, you can scroll to the bottom of this post to view it from Google Drive. (I would prefer you view it on YouTube, so I know how many people have watched)<\/p>\n

You can also listen to an audio version<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hello, and welcome to another Subject Matter Minute! I hope you enjoyed our beautiful fall weather before it turned on us. It was a great one.<\/p>\n

It cracks my wife up, but I still run into you guys out there, you know, where you know me, but I don\u2019t know you? She considers it fame\u2026 I keep reminding her that it\u2019s Wyoming fame, so, a pretty small group. But\u2026 I was in Cheyenne a week or so ago and ran into a couple fabulous state employees. Wanted to give a shout out to Benoit, who I ran into on the WyDot campus and to Brenda from the Health department who I ran into at the Albany later in the day. Thanks for saying hello, it was great meeting you!<\/p>\n

Ok\u2026 now it\u2019s time for the serious part of the show. I\u2019ve started getting horrified with my hairline and massive bald spot, and I\u2019m starting to think that it may be time to take it all off\u2026. Down to the skin. I\u2019m curious what you guys think? It\u2019s been a long time since I\u2019ve asked for your input, and this is a very serious matter. A life change if you will. Lemme know what you think in the show comments!<\/p>\n

Alright\u2026. Let\u2019s talk about the subject of the subject matter minute now. Today I\u2019m going to talk about a new insurance offering by the state, Pet Insurance. (music)<\/p>\n

Before I get started, I want to thank the crew at EGI for looking over my information and making sure I got it right. Like is so often the case, they are the subject matter experts for this episode.<\/p>\n

Back when I had dogs, I\u2019m not even sure pet insurance was a thing. And I\u2019m sure I wouldn\u2019t have even considered buying it. However, these days, I think it makes a lot of sense. Pet medical bills are often equal to human medical bills. We have some friends that are currently struggling with the concept of repairing an ACL on their dog for the small sum of $3000. Heck, 20 or so years ago, our dog suddenly lost the use of her back legs. She was paralyzed. So we took her down to Fort Collins and $1500 later, they said there was nothing they could do. She did slowly recover use and regained most of her ability, but that was $1500 back then.<\/p>\n

So anyway\u2026 the state is now offering pet insurance through Metlife. This is a voluntary benefit, which means that we pay for it out of pocket. It\u2019s also something that can not be payroll deducted. We just have to pay for it on our own\u2026<\/p>\n

I honestly have no idea if the rates are better than others out there. It\u2019s a group plan, so they should be lower. But just so you know, I haven\u2019t done any comparisons with individual plans out there. You might want to do so.<\/p>\n

So, what do you get?<\/p>\n