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WINDSOR -- The potential to make more money, an abundance of patients and a great working environment are just some of the benefits American-trained doctors say lured them to practise medicine in the Windsor, Ont., area.
Despite many misconceptions in the U.S. about the Canadian health-care system, U.S. doctors say they are starting to see southern Ontario as a great place to work, especially in family medicine.
Of the last 100 doctors recruited to the Windsor area, 36 came from the U.S., according to Joan Mavrinac, head of the local physician recruitment office.
About half of the doctors who are now considering practising in the region are from the U.S.
Family ties drive a number of U.S. doctors to relocate to the Windsor region, but they say job satisfaction and financial gain encourage them to stay.
As costs continue to rise at astronomical rates here in the US, the argument against a single payer universal system is drying up quickly. Why is it that so many Americans think it's a great idea to pay double what other industrialized countries pay for healthcare while we maintain a higher infant mortality rate and a lower life expectancy than those same countries that pay half of what we do for healthcare?
I guess it's just that we're actually as stupid as those people say we are.
They'll never get rid of our system....the insurance companies make too much money and for them, that's what it's all about.
Canada actually has a good system. When my sister had her baby, they kept her in the hospital in Edmonton for a week. When she took the baby home, a nurse came every week to check on the babies progress.
75% of the money for research for new drugs in this country is provided by the taxpayer yet they sell those same drugs overseas for less than they charge here, where we paid for the research.
The only thing that will happen if we go to socialized medicine is that everyday average people will be able to get the medical attention they need and the rich, that don't want to wait in line, will travel out of the country for specialized service. So what?
I don't blame our doctors for going to Canada, dealing with all our different insurance companies borders on insanity.
In general, doctors make significantly more in America.
maybe, but is it offset by the cost of malpractice insurance?
