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Consumer Reports surveyed more than 2,000 members who shared their experiences with pet insurance.

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FILE -- Jack Phillips, owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado, speaks to reporters after proceedings at the Supreme Court in Washington, Dec. 5, 2017. Much has changed in Colorado since 2012, when Jack Phillips refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Gay marriage is now legal. (Zach Gibson/The New York Times)

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