As political tensions and health-care layoffs roil the United States, a surge of American doctors may be looking to make a move north — and provinces are taking notice.
There must be a reason why there aren’t enough Canadian doctors. If that isn’t resolved, getting more doctors and medical staff from the US is just going to be a stop-gap solution. It might actually convince politicians that “nothing is wrong” and reduce or eliminate their willingness to fix the existing problems.
Could somebody explain why Canada has a doctor’s shortage? And maybe also how they imagine it should be addressed?
I saw a video about a Canadian doctor ending her practice because it was too expensive operating her clinic, and she wasn’t earning enough to pay herself or the staff, even though she was only on a 200k CAD, people assume she was living well off,.but the cost of operating a clinic is too expensive. Also she has to deal with the Canadian government Everytime she sees a patient, change in meds, care, equipement
It’s been common for a while for Canadian doctors to move to the US because they can make higher salaries. I suspect part of the shortage is “brain drain”, but also, COVID news coverage has really highlighted the working conditions to the public, so that could be making potential students reconsider.
There must be a reason why there aren’t enough Canadian doctors. If that isn’t resolved, getting more doctors and medical staff from the US is just going to be a stop-gap solution. It might actually convince politicians that “nothing is wrong” and reduce or eliminate their willingness to fix the existing problems.
Could somebody explain why Canada has a doctor’s shortage? And maybe also how they imagine it should be addressed?
I saw a video about a Canadian doctor ending her practice because it was too expensive operating her clinic, and she wasn’t earning enough to pay herself or the staff, even though she was only on a 200k CAD, people assume she was living well off,.but the cost of operating a clinic is too expensive. Also she has to deal with the Canadian government Everytime she sees a patient, change in meds, care, equipement
It’s been common for a while for Canadian doctors to move to the US because they can make higher salaries. I suspect part of the shortage is “brain drain”, but also, COVID news coverage has really highlighted the working conditions to the public, so that could be making potential students reconsider.