OT: Best Veterinarian in the Jackson Area-specifically: Reservoir, Ridgeland, Madison areas
was that complaining about the price of services is relative: not whether veterinary services are on equal footing as human medical procedures in whatever terms that you chose to measure. The procedures are similar, the pharmaceuticals are from the same company, the method of instrument sterilization are the same, and the cost of raw materials is less for hospitals due their ability to buy in bulk. Yet when a vet gives an injection of antibiotic and charges $10 and your doctor charges $35, you need to know this: both cost, depending on the antibiotic, $2.00 an injection. Yet many will begrudge the veterinarian and say he is trying to rip me off. And I am willing to bet that in you lines of work, the business is not listed under a non profit agency. It takes the average vet 8 years for a degree, and it is a professional degree: so we are not going to work for minimum wage, and most charge reasonable prices. If you feel like the veterinarian that you see charges too much, shop around. Simply remember that Walmart is hard to beat on price, but not hard to beat on quality.
was that complaining about the price of services is relative: not whether veterinary services are on equal footing as human medical procedures in whatever terms that you chose to measure. The procedures are similar, the pharmaceuticals are from the same company, the method of instrument sterilization are the same, and the cost of raw materials is less for hospitals due their ability to buy in bulk. Yet when a vet gives an injection of antibiotic and charges $10 and your doctor charges $35, you need to know this: both cost, depending on the antibiotic, $2.00 an injection. Yet many will begrudge the veterinarian and say he is trying to rip me off. And I am willing to bet that in you lines of work, the business is not listed under a non profit agency. It takes the average vet 8 years for a degree, and it is a professional degree: so we are not going to work for minimum wage, and most charge reasonable prices. If you feel like the veterinarian that you see charges too much, shop around. Simply remember that Walmart is hard to beat on price, but not hard to beat on quality.