Loving Their Pets to Debt

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.


Background reading: 


Why you’re paying your veterinarian so much.

From 2021: A pandemic-era pet boom spurred veterinary
companies to open new, upscale clinics.



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