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?
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.
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
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?
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.
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