V wants national vet tariffs as prices soar

The Left Party wants Sweden to introduce national veterinary tariffs and give the competition watchdog power to break up oligopolies in animal healthcare.

Under the party proposal, an authority would investigate and introduce tariffs modelled on Germany. V also wants binding price-transparency rules and a new structural tool for the Swedish Competition Authority.

The authority's February review found ordinary dog and cat treatment prices rose about 40% on average between 2020 and May 2025, while emergency prices climbed by up to 50%. It said owners often lack usable prices before choosing treatment and that some areas have local emergency-care monopolies.

The watchdog proposed national treatment recommendations and an industry agreement on publishing common prices. It did not recommend regulated prices.

The government has instead tasked the Consumer Agency with pursuing an industry agreement and improving information under existing price and marketing law, due by 1 March 2027.

V says the tariffs and break-up power would be priorities in post-election government talks. The party has not published a tariff schedule, enforcement model or fiscal estimate, and the proposal is not law.

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