Well I don't have human doctor bills as health care is free here.
The harsh fact is that training to be a vet is harder than training to be a teacher. There is more study involved and more knowledge to acquire. A poor teacher may affect a child's whole life but there is always the opportunity to go back to school for anyone sufficiently motivated. A poor vet may kill my cat. I also have pet insurance so large bills are covered. I think I get a fair deal from knowledgeable and caring vets. When my Magpie died last year the vet didnt' leave his side from when I took him in at 7.30pm to when he died 5 hours later. 3 vets including the senior partner saw him and they were going to give him some new shots to disperse his blood clot that only a handful of practices in this country had access to at that time. Unfortunately he deteriorated too rapidly to have them in the end. After he died the vets were great with me (rang me next day to check I was ok) and with filling out the insurance claim. Yes I am prepared to pay for that. If vet fees were much lower I would worry whether the quality of care my cats receive was the best, and I think it would become hard to attract people to the job which would reduce the quality of care available. Of course we'd all like to pay less for most things, but I don't expect subsidised health care for my cats.
