The Veterinary Industrial Complex
My Big Dog Nigel became seriously ill recently and in the end and after more than 15 days of not eating and many vet visits to two different vets, multiple medications and innumerable tests (all incon...
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I lean towards agreeing with 4x4Dodger and rockhillmanor.
I just deleted a long post about Vet costs these days. It is a tough thing. People today seem to want much more to do almost anything for their pets - which I can understand many times. From a cold, financial point of view it doesn't make sense, but people choose what they want to do, and pets so many times are a loved part of the family.
So Vet offices get bigger to handle all the work, they sell products directly to customers, they do more and more testing because many people insist on it.
I don't know what the answer is, except to become an informed customer, and if needed, stop the Vet from walking out of the room and talk with him/her about options.
I just deleted a long post about Vet costs these days. It is a tough thing. People today seem to want much more to do almost anything for their pets - which I can understand many times. From a cold, financial point of view it doesn't make sense, but people choose what they want to do, and pets so many times are a loved part of the family.
So Vet offices get bigger to handle all the work, they sell products directly to customers, they do more and more testing because many people insist on it.
I don't know what the answer is, except to become an informed customer, and if needed, stop the Vet from walking out of the room and talk with him/her about options.
