The chapter explores the dramatic surge in veterinary care prices, exceeding the general inflation rate, due to shifting attitudes towards pets as family members, resulting in heightened expenditures on services and premium products.
Over the past decade, the cost of veterinary care in the U.S. has skyrocketed, as health care for pets has come to look more like health care for people.
Katie Thomas, an investigative health care reporter for The Times, discusses how pet care became a multi-billion-dollar industry, and the fraught emotional and financial landscape that has created for pet owners.
Guest: Katie Thomas, an investigative health care reporter for The New York Times.
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