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Emotional Support Animals and Service Dogs Should Be Covered By Insurance

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Last month, I finally moved out on my own after five years of living with my parents due to my mental health. As part of my safety plan due to my intense daily suicidal thoughts, my treatment team and I decided I would benefit from an emotional support animal.

Two days after I was out on my own, I adopted my cat, Achilles. Even in our short time together, Achilles has stopped me from engaging in behaviors I could use to seriously injure or even kill myself.

He is just as important, if not more, to me as any other one of my psychiatric medications. As an emotional support animal, I am required to have a doctor’s prescription for Achilles that allows him to live with me without a pet fee in my apartment.

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