Veterinary Medicine Costs versus Salaries

Veterinarians as a whole are much more "connected" to the cost of care for their patients, because pet health insurance isn't as widely available as human health insurance. An ongoing discussion in the Veterinary Medicine Forum relates to the cost of veterinary care for pets versus what a veterinary student pays for education and what a veterinarian earns as a salary. Are these costs related? Should they be? A recent post in this thread spotlights an informative site on what a veterinary career is like, and the range of average veterinary salaries are per region in the US and Puerto Rico.