The estimated price for their services appear to be high but the training, education, and monetary layout to treat the cat price wise should be commensurate with the same amount other professions get for their services. Unfortunately, veterinarians are the lowest paid professionals on average within the medical community and yet have the most extensive and competitive education. If I had the money that I had donated in services and bad debts I could retire comfortably.
I would disagree......In my family I have an Oncologist, an emergency room doctor, a thorasic surgeon and a veterinarian. My niece's vet training doesn't even come close to what the human doctors have had to go thru............
If your so called "extensively and competitively" trained veterinarians received the same compensation as the human medical professionals, it's unlikely folks would be relying on their services as often as they do since with no insurance, they wouldn't be able to pay the bills..........
Furthermore, on the limited and non life threatening medical problems my cat has suffered, the cost to me wasn't any less than if the same were to be incurred by me.........And no, we're not talking about a de-worming or ear mite problem.....LOL!
I can understand where you are coming from, vetvetdoug, but when you compare veterinary doctors to human doctors, you have to admit you are better off in one way: you don't have to deal with Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, nor (for the most part) with insurance companies.