Woke up this morning to find one of our year old cats, laid out on the grass verge. Looks like was hit by a car last night Not a good day and although not relevant to this post, just to cap it off, got diagnosed with haemorrhoids Andy
I dont even think they give two hoots whether you have insurance or not, they're simply there to grab as much money as they can while they can and they dont give two shits where it comes from (which is ultimately your pocket anyway whether you have insurance or not).
In my experience it was painfully obvious a diagnosis wouldn't be required... It's like the old suppository joke "well these are no good I might as well have shoved them up me arse". Ba dum tish... I'll get me coat.
Much of the current situation stems from a 1999 change in the law to allow non-veterinary surgeons to own veterinary practices. This paved the way for corporate groups to significantly increase ownership with resultant market consolidation and no doubt, alignment with insurance groups. The existing regulatory framework primarily applies to individual veterinary surgeons and not the businesses they work for. It's interesting & ironic to note that the 1999 change was driven by the Competition Act of 1998 which in itself was implemented to align with European competition law.
Bout time, its unregulated and they play on people. I have had good and bad experience with vets so they aren't all bad, but sadly all the the bad ones made it feel like money over pet care as a big part of the problem
