Obamacare’s Medical Device Tax isn’t just pushing up prices on medical devices for people, but on products that are used both on humans and pets:

But don’t worry, every time you pay more at the vet you are helping pay for Obamacare. Doesn’t that make you feel better?




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tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

Obama probably hates cats too. So seeing as my Mrs. and I are Both Vets and we have 2 cats, we're probably pretty high on his hate list. Which is just fine with me because the feeling is mutual. ;-)

JoelDick
JoelDick

Obama hates vets, I tell you.

tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

I know. I'm getting 2 cats 'fixed' in the morning. $$

sjmom
sjmom

This will not help the shelters because not as many will be taking the pets and that's a shame.

PS. My brother just told me he read health insurance costs will be going up next year 20% to 100%.

DCGere
DCGere

Just lovely...thanks for the "hope and change" sheeple.

Sober_Thinking
Sober_Thinking

Well, we've gone to the dogs haven't we?

So our pets and animals in general will suffer. Fewer visits to the vet because of increased prices and more strays possible because many heartless people will simply release pets in the wild or won't adopt. I know folks like this...

Every day... every single day with this monster is in office is going to hurt America more and more.

Gotta go... dealing with very dark thoughts right now...

demographicallychallenged
demographicallychallenged

Would someone please read through the 20,000 pages of the ACA, they must have included an exemption for animals some where. Remember they excluded Botox.

Army_Pilot1967
Army_Pilot1967

I thought vet care was already very expensive, now this? Great. I'm not sure how to break that news to my dog and cats..."Remember when I told things were going to get bad under obama and his fake healthcare bill. Well let me tell you how bad it has gotten...."

badbadlibs
badbadlibs

Where's PETA? How about greepeace? How about....oh never mind, the left are just stupid and heartless.

3seven77
3seven77

Congress didn't "intend" this. Yeah, right. Like we are really that dumb.

We already pay taxes here in Washington state on medicines for our animals. In September I had to have my old stallion put down. I paid tax on the drugs used to euthanize him.

"Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."—Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789

Notice Franklin never said The Constitution was permanent or certain. Only death and taxes.

chatterbox365
chatterbox365

Wow...when you have family pets and shelter animals suffering under Obama, you know things are deep in the crapper.

It's like we are all being sucked into Obama's massive sinkhole...good grief.

Linky1
Linky1

I wonder if Barky Boy's BO, gets an exemption.

If I were a dog, I'd lift my leg on that whole mess called Obamacare.

Libertyship46
Libertyship46

In the old, old, days, when somebody said to you, "The rabbit died," it meant that a woman was pregnant. Now if your rabbit dies, it's because Obama killed it.

Makes me kind of angry to think that what I once did as a young man like a rabbit is now being done to me on a regular basis by Obama.

colliemum
colliemum

wildly OT: A new Pope has been elected, at 7.10 p.m. local time in a rainy Rome.

OneThinDime
OneThinDime

This was not an unintended consequence at all. Members of Congress knew about it and decided people like the woman interviewed will cut back somewhere else and pay the tax. I feel bad for the animals in shelters that are already not getting adopted because of the economy and now won't be because vet care just went up again.

What's missing is the added costs of the health insurance premiums vets are paying for themselves and their staff that are also being passed along to the end consumer, another slap because of ObamaCare.

OneThinDime
OneThinDime

I'll be reminding my vet who supported Obama in 2008 and 2012 of the election consequences to his business! Also, that I will be visiting only when necessary, no more regular check-ups, need to preserve the extra $$$ for my own medical insurance.

badbadlibs
badbadlibs

Get rid of your vet. If he's that stupid are you sure he knows how to take care of your beloved pets?

OneThinDime
OneThinDime

He's actually a fantastic vet, but is a passivist and believed the wars would be ended. I remind he frequently of his election consequences.

OneThinDime
OneThinDime

When you only listen to the MSM that's what happens. Remember O's promises? Millions drank the kool-aid.

badbadlibs
badbadlibs

He didn't make the connection between President Bush not ending the wars and 2/3rds of all deaths happening under the first four years of obumo? Or that the wars have not ended?

Naturally, it's your choice.