Jesse Smith ponders pet health insurance:
[L]ike all other forms of insurance, coverage for pets is just another calculation of risk. When it comes to a pet's health, its owner is — to borrow the term — a kind of death panel. Do you believe a pet should have medical care? How much are you willing to spend? Is cost not an object? Or is it, so you take out a policy and make monthly payments so that when your dog inhales a fishing hook, you don't have to think twice about how you'll pay to get it out?