Hm. The ACA went into effect in 2010, 11 years ago.
Which is just about the lifespan of many pets, which people would probably have finally been able to afford to get with that extra stability it allowed.
10 years later, many of those pets are dying.
Tons of people who finally had that little bit of extra security and stability in life, were able to get pets.
That would have lasted for a few years, people in 2015 being able to support that cat they always wanted, etc
And now, those ACA pets are dying off, in the middle of a catastrophically mishandled public health crisis.
They're facing a failure of public healthcare just like their human owners.
What's interesting is that pretty much everyone, at some point, thought that castrating dudes was a smart idea.
And, without fail, it backfired *disastrously* as those dudes went on to basically take over everything in absurdly elaborate schemes.
Just thousands of years of shocked pikachu faces as trusted eunuch advisors took over your whole kingdom for centuries at a time via elaborate schemes that make heist movies look dull.
Fun fact: Qin Shi Huang, the founder of the Qin dynasty, used to consume mercury as a medicine.
When he died, his eunuch advisors knew they had to cover up his death to prevent civil disorder.
He died around 2 months travel away from the capital.
They pulled an Uncle Bernie with his corpse. First, his wagon was accompanied by carts of rotten fish to cover up the scent of decomposition.
Then, they would pretend to deliver his food, and fake having conversations with him.
For two months, during the heat of summer, they managed to hide the fact that the emperor was actually a decomposing corpse until they arrived at the capital.