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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
I suspect you've missed my point. There is no (worthwhile) insurance to offset the cost as there is for human medicine. The high costs are simply unaffordable to many pet owners. Any human being who is uninsured and shows up at a hospital will be treated...it's the law. No such thing for animals. As such, your comparison is flawed.
A school teacher earning $48k will not be able to afford basic care for their pet. The veterinary industry seems to ignore that reality in favor of hitting sales and margin targets. As such, routine and acute healthcare will simply be skipped. Tough rocks for Fido.
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Yeah, I got that point.
It does however carry false premise - that there exists massive uniformity of veterinarian service pricing.
If you want better pricing you can find better pricing (typically expensive places to live have higher prices on everything.
My former neighbor always took his pets off island, to the hood.
He found a dump of a place where he felt that he must be getting the best price by not have to pay for a nice lobby in a safe part of town.
I will note that you are right on with your point of parent corporations really taking over many hospitals.
That is a trend. And that does add costs.
Maybe find an independently owned animal hospital.
Oh, and on insurance... there is no insurance that isn't an added cost (an inefficiency) They are not in business to lose money.