Here's some good stuff about Canada's healthcare system, and I can't believe that Republicans didn't make more of it during the ObamaCare enactment tragedy of several years ago.
All of the "civilized" nations have universal healthcare, right?
It seems that Canada has a doctor shortage. Canada's healthcare system is run by the government.
To quote the great Milton Friedman, "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand." That probably applies on both sides of the U.S. northern border.
There are places in Canada that have a freakin' lottery to determine who gets to have a family doctor.
There are places in Canada that have a freakin' lottery to determine who gets to have a family doctor.
There are places in Canada that have a freakin' lottery to determine who gets to have a family doctor.
There are places in Canada that have a freakin' lottery to determine who gets to have a family doctor.
Ok, that's out of my system. Why a lottery?
As of 2007, there were 12,000 Canadian docs practicing in the USA.
No one smart enough to get through medical school wants to be at the mercy of some charismatic, photogenic idiot who managed to get elected by claiming that a doctor's time and labor is a basic human right.
So Canada now has a doctor shortage, especially in rural areas. So do they turn healthcare over to the free market?
No. That wouldn't be "fair".
Do they open more medical schools and train more doctors? Do they allow nurses to handle more of the medical treatment load (which every nurse I've ever known claims that she could do....)?
No. That would be giving up central control.
Canada has a lottery to see who gets a family doctor.
Within 20 years, the USA will have a lottery system for family doctors.
Enjoy the decline!
All of the "civilized" nations have universal healthcare, right?
It seems that Canada has a doctor shortage. Canada's healthcare system is run by the government.
To quote the great Milton Friedman, "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand." That probably applies on both sides of the U.S. northern border.
There are places in Canada that have a freakin' lottery to determine who gets to have a family doctor.
There are places in Canada that have a freakin' lottery to determine who gets to have a family doctor.
There are places in Canada that have a freakin' lottery to determine who gets to have a family doctor.
There are places in Canada that have a freakin' lottery to determine who gets to have a family doctor.
Ok, that's out of my system. Why a lottery?
As of 2007, there were 12,000 Canadian docs practicing in the USA.
In 2006, 1 in 9 Canadian-educated physicians practised in the United States. If physicians who were born in the United States are excluded, this number is reduced to 1 in 12. This accounts for just over half of the net loss of physicians from the Canadian-trained physician workforce. Collectively, this is equivalent to having 2 average-sized Canadian medical schools dedicated to producing physicians for the United States. Canada is the second largest source of immigrant physicians to the United States, second only to India.People go where they can get a better return for their labor. Doctors do it, I do it, and you do it.
No one smart enough to get through medical school wants to be at the mercy of some charismatic, photogenic idiot who managed to get elected by claiming that a doctor's time and labor is a basic human right.
So Canada now has a doctor shortage, especially in rural areas. So do they turn healthcare over to the free market?
No. That wouldn't be "fair".
Do they open more medical schools and train more doctors? Do they allow nurses to handle more of the medical treatment load (which every nurse I've ever known claims that she could do....)?
No. That would be giving up central control.
Canada has a lottery to see who gets a family doctor.
Within 20 years, the USA will have a lottery system for family doctors.
Enjoy the decline!
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I had a colleague who was a clinical pathologist in Alberta. Clinical pathologists direct clinical laboratories and blood banks. A few years ago he told me he was the last clinical pathologist in all of Canada. There are hundreds of full-time clinical pathologists in the USA.
That probably applies on both sides of the U.S. northern border. There are places in Canada that have a freaking lottery to determine who gets to have a family doctor. I stumbled upon this news while i was searching for the details about Study Permit Canada
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