Comments on: Private equity investors are the reason your vet bills are so high

By: Elaine

Elaine — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:48:44 +0000

Linda
I have just returned from the veterinary having paid 89.00 for a consultation and Metacam. My cat is sneezing and mucus around the nose. I went to the vet previously who said asthma, that trip was 76.00 and some steroids which made the flu worth. I also need teeth removed at 920.00. Todays trip I asked for antibiotics, no, Metacam and we will get him in for extractions asap. The cat is 17 years old. No teeth bleeding, he has a dot on his gum which is quite obvious but is still eating meat and biscuits. Infact he put on 100gms since the last visit. What happened to the good old fashioned vet that had a clue? Not these days, the judgement is no where near as good as it used to be. I am in a quandary.

By: Linda Du Preez

Linda Du Preez — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 22:49:34 +0000

I was quoted 600 pounds to remove a tooth which looked healthy and i decided not to go for it as tge cat is eating about 5 sachets and biscuits and no bleeding in the mouth. If i had been quoted for dental hygiene at about 40 pounds or on the healthy cat plan i would have accepted but i was not offerred that for my cat

By: Helena Brumpton

Helena Brumpton — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:20:25 +0000

Yes. The new idea of charging you for them putting in your insurance claims, and then the vets I was with said they wouldn’t put in a claim unless each conditions meds were over £100. Plus meds cost4x more than I could get online with a prescription. It’d help if they liaised with professional vets on certain animals, instead of telling you to do it!

By: George King

George King — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 15:03:44 +0000

I am having the same problem. My cats aged and is losing weight. The vet recommended a blood test (£260.00). Waited for the results to be told she needed a scan (£350). Then told she has a mass and an operation would be advised with a biopsy to check her (£1000). Point is if they find cancer they will put her to sleep in the end. So why should she suffer at her age.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 06:39:45 +0000

Your article is spot on. The private investment groups have infiltrated most of the private practices in the US. They hide and try to look like they are still “family owned” because the public responds better to that, but looking under the hood or asking them who owns the practice you find it isn’t family owned anymore. They have jacked up the prices so much more than 50%, my vet used to be 65.00 in 2022 for office visit now 130.00 and all of them have a monopoly on prices so if you call around it is the same price because they are all owned by the same private equity. I read an article that said when the pandemic kicked in there was a think tank of investors who evaluated what busineess could withstand Covid shut downs, and they decided the best investments were ones that made it hard for people to refuse to pay like elder care, nursing homes, Vets, dental etc. and they made it their mission to consoldate those small businesses. It is so ugly. It is ruining people and although most will pay, there are those who simply can’t afford outrageous prices and won’t get it. Money over health of people and their pets. Already causing a big rise in people having to give up their pets. Private equity is the devil.

By: Max Boyne

Max Boyne — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 08:28:56 +0000

Utter nonsense. No-one this ignorant about commerce, the economy, or real life in general has any business telling you what to do with your money.

Here’s a clue… the Government are stupid and corrupt. Follow their rhetoric on subjects like this, and you’re almost guaranteed to be wrong. Much like the buffoon who wrote this article.

Don’t let journalists give you financial advice.