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Jul 2024
24m 44s

Loving Their Pets to Debt

The New York Times
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Over the past decade, the cost of veterinary care in the U.S. has skyrocketed, as health care for pets has come to look more like health care for people.

Katie Thomas, an investigative health care reporter for The Times, discusses how pet care became a multi-billion-dollar industry, and the fraught emotional and financial landscape that has created for pet owners.

Guest: Katie Thomas, an investigative health care reporter for The New York Times.

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