The Private Equity Veterinary Scam Making You Poorer and Killing Your Pets

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🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Why’s it suddenly so expensive to take your dog to the vet? Here’s a hint: private equity. Joe Spector on the solution. (00:00) Why Is Veterinary Care So Expensive? (02:55) The Private Equity Firms Swallowing Small Businesses (23:14) The AVMA Cartel Pushing Lobbying Politicians (27:13) The Mass Veterinarian Shortage Paid partnerships with: Masa Chips: Get 25% off with code TUCKER at https://masachips.com/tucker Battalion Metals: Shop fair-priced gold and silver. Gain clarity and confidence in your financial future at https://battalionmetals.com/tucker Last Country Supply: Real prep starts with the basics. Here’s what we keep stocked: https://lastcountrysupply.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.7	Joe, thank you for doing this.
0:35.9	I don't think I've ever, probably have, I don't remember, I don't think I've ever interviewed an advertiser.
0:41.1	And so I just want to be clear about why I'm doing this interview.
0:43.4	So I called you several months ago to ask you if you wanted to advertise on our show because you have a pet related company.
0:50.3	I love dogs.
0:51.1	I've got a dog right there.
0:52.3	And we had this conversation that was like so unbelievably interesting. So interesting that I haven't stopped thinking about it. So that's, I just want to be fully transparent about why I asked you to come. Thank you for doing it. So here's, here's my real question.
1:16.0	Veterinary care, anyone who owns a dog or cat knows a lot about it.
1:17.9	There's no backstop.
1:22.9	There's no health insurance, whatever, and you'll pay anything because it's your pie.
1:23.8	Right.
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