My dog was getting dental work done and my vet was worried about her leg. She said while my dog was sedated she’d throw her up under the x-ray to take a look at the joint. “Well that’s super nice!” I thought.
I leave my dog at the vet and get a call an hour or so later. It’s the vet, she says she’s really sorry but not only can she not do that x-ray for free, but I’ll have to pay a consult fee too if they’re going to look at anything not related to the teeth. She was very apologetic.
When I go to get my dog we’re going over discharge notes and at the end this poor vet says “I now need to recommend this particular water supplement. I don’t use it with my dogs. Some people think it’s expensive and ineffective. If you think you might be interested I can also tell you about other options that may be more effective.”
This poor woman who was all happy and concerned about my dog turned into someone who seemed supremely uncomfortable. I can only imagine it was VCA that was forcing this vet to go contrary to what she felt was best.
Can we PLEASE start outlawing private equity firms?
They too are a parasitic cancer on humanity. They add no value whatsoever, they see a business that adds great value to humanity and then they attach themselves like a leech to just squeeze them dry and killing it. The net result for humanity is hat services go down, prices go up, humanity becomes poorer with less access to services, and a tiny sliver of human scum gets obscenely rich
Why is this allowed?
I don’t think most people understand the process financialization, its wider-ranging impacts, or how thoroughly it’s metastasized at this point.
I’d put that failure at the feet of every government of the last 40-some years, and on the fourth estate.
But I thought privatization is supposed to lower prices!
It doesn’t. And when the bootlickers come out of the woodwork to tell you that private entities are more efficient that the government, it’s a fucking lie.
The only thing that private entities are goid at is maximizing profits by walking the line of pissing customers just enough.
Only when they shill it… Once market is captured, it is boiled frog scenario
I had to put down my cat during the pandemic, it cost $1,400
Da FAQ?!
