The topic was pet health insurance when our own Dr. Bill Craig appeared recently as the featured guest on the TexVetPets podcast series from the Texas Veterinary Medical Association. Host Francisco Garcia asked Dr. Bill several questions about how pet health insurance works from the point of view of both pet owners and veterinarians.

But my favorite part came near the end, when Dr. Bill said that the frequently asked question, "Is pet health insurance a good investment?" is the wrong way to look at it.

He explained that, just like health insurance for ourselves and our children, you don't buy pet health insurance "in hopes of getting a return, you're really buying peace of mind." He added that the great thing about having pet health insurance for veterinarians, pet owners, and of course for our pets, is that

"when they're standing in the exam room, they don't have to talk about finances, they can immediately go to 'what's the right thing to do to get this pet healthy again.' " 

You can listen to excerpted highlights from the interview here:

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Or go to the TexVetPets page at iTunes, where you can hear the entire interview (Episode 23), along with lots of others in which host Francisco Garcia interviews veterinary experts on a wide range of pet health topics.