Vet bills are much more expensive than many pet lovers think. In fact, vet bills have been growing at a rate twice as fast as that of our pay checks, so that pet health costs are now a bigger chunk of our take-home pay than ever before.
Why is that? Part of the reason for this is that vets can help cats and dogs in ways they simply couldn't before. For example, if your dog developed cancer ten years ago, your only option was to operate and hope for the best or have your dog put down when she became too sick. Nowadays there are new options such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy that carry reasonable chances of success.
In addition, the cost of veterinary drugs is increasing rapidly with human drugs now being used for animals. The downside to all these new drugs or procedures is that they cost a lot causing us to face the life-or-money decision more often.
