Animal Emergency law

8) TITLE: Animal Emergency Law
SUMMARY: The Animal Emergency Law should be instituted for the well-being
of all animals.

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Message from "Barbara Bagley":
Did you know that if your animal were to suffer an extreme "emergency",
most veterinarians will not lift a finger to help your animal unless you
can pay UPFRONT, the FULL cost of your animal's visit? These veterinarians
will not even consider allowing you to create an account with them so that
you can make monthly payments, until the account is paid off. Not every
pet owner is so financially well-off to pay the full cost upfront.
Please read and sign this petition in support of an "Animal Emergency Law"
that will prohibit veterinarians from turning away any animal in need of
emergency care due to the owner's inability to pay UPFRONT and IN-FULL the
cost of that visit, and will enable the owner to create an account in which
to make monthly payments to pay off that visit.
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I just signed. My biggest nightmare is an emergency & the vet refusing to assist because I don't have the $$$$ at the moment :!:

 

I signed it & sent it to a bunch of people as well. Can I cross post this on other forums as well?

 

I signed it and also E-mailed it to friends, family and coworkers.

 

My horse choked a few years back. We had to take him to the hospital (horsey hospital) and he stayed there for two days, had Oxygen, along with the stuff they had to do to get the crap out of his throat... The bill came to $330.00 or so and I didn't have the money (I was at college)... They wouldn't let me make payments because they weren't my regular vet so I was in a real pickle (could have lost my horse). Well I spoke to my mother and my grandmother loaned me the money to get him out...we had to hurry because those overnight stays were EXPENSIVE.

 

My beloved "Bubba" got into a fight with a strange dog on (of course) a Sunday. We called our vet of over 10 years and rushed him in. The next morning we went to pick him up and were informed we couldn't have him back until our bill was paid in full and if we had to leave him for any amount of time hospitalization charges would be added for every night!! They had not said a word about paying the entire bill up front!! We had to borrow money from our in-laws to get our dog out of vet prison!! I hope this law passes,for the animals and all of us po folks that love them!