I got an 18% notified of a increase to the "wellness plan" (aka regular payment to offset cost of vax etc) immediately after my annual renewal. This is on top of last year's increase of 15%. This vet practice was sold to a big 6 provider (Linnaeus) last November.
So AIBU to be feeling a bit used here? This is not insignificant as I've a dog and two cats so this is now over £600 pa.
When I complained about this, the items included in this wellness plan are really inflated - 3x for annual flea treatment, for example, and if I withdraw from the plan, I'll be charged this full rate.
Are these people just doing it because they can and are colluding in a cartel of costs, as was suggested on R4 today? I heard one vet industry chap suggest it was like private health care so we should expect to be fleeced (I'm paraphrasing a bit but that was the gist).
We're relatively well off but HTF do people afford this stuff with this kind of inflation.
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