The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're always failing somebody'

Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by freedomben on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @11:30AM (#37845765)

We already have a crisis of homeless/stray animals out there. I can't imagine how much worse it would get if we only allowed the 1% of the population with $10,000 or more to spare in case the pet needs surgery to own pets. Also suicides will go up. Pets are an important source of companionship and oxytocin/closeness for people who live alone.

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Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by makeitdouble on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @01:22PM (#37847406)

This is a good point. Perhaps the direction should be more about subsiding pet care cost and moving towards fonancial support as part of the humans' medical insurance ?

Basically pet ownership would require either 10k on the side or registration and justification to get proper insurance.

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Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by tpmoney on Thursday October 12, 2023 @12:46AM (#37853555)

Personally, like it has in the human medical world, I think pet insurance is increasing vet costs too. Used one clinic for years and they had reasonable (if slightly high due to being a 24 hour facility) costs. On year they suddenly start advertising pet insurance, and "for some reason" every service "covered" by the insurance went up in price.

Medical insurance distorts the market by disconnecting the payer from the costs. It will do the same in veterinary medicine if it hasn't already.

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