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Except in a lot of places there’s no option to switch to an independent clinic. In my area, you’re lucky to even have a vet in the first place. With the exception of one clinic that only deals with cats and another clinic with a questionable vet, all other clinics in my city are owned by the same company!
Again, the Commons podcast did an episode on this. Highly recommend listening to the entire season on monopolies.