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Interest from U.S. doctors looking to work in Canada has spiked but f… (archive.is)
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It sounds like there are more doctors moving from the US to Canada, but not a huge number. The numbers are up from last year, but not by a lot.

It would be interesting to know if Canadian healthcare workers are still moving to the US in a big way, but the article doesn't explore that.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-interest-from-us-doctors-looking-to-work-in-canada-has-spiked-but-few/

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

BC has put a big effort to lower barriers to US and other foreign doctors. Also increase doctor pay. Apparently there has been a decent uptick.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Yep! The BC government also put through a major recruiting campaign in CA, OR, WA that directly targets doctors' gripes about not being able to treat well due to insurance and the overall chaos coming from the Trump admin.

    Many small communities on Vancouver Island are in desparate need of doctors, like Lake Cowichan was. (A nurse practitioner is for now preparing to keep the clinic open there, after some town council stumbling)

    The island is beautiful, with plenty of nature but has the trappings of civilization in Nanaimo and Victoria available when needed.

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