Are American doctors moving to Canada?
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Well, my dad is a pretty well-known healthcare economist in Canada and is well-connected with doctors, hospitals, public health officials, etc. all over Canada. He said he has only come across a handful of doctors who were originally from the States. He does know a lot of Canadian doctors who went the opposite direction. They’re usually specialists and they can make a lot more money in the States than in Canada.
My sister, another health economist, works for a major health system in the Bay Area and has met a lot of Canadian doctors there through her work. She never came across an American doctor who was itching to move the other direction. Again, because they can make so much more money in the US. She only knew one Canadian doctor who moved back to Canada, but that’s because her husband’s fellowship ended and she wanted to be with her parents.