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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Citation required. I would also like the longitudinal study that determines the length that these healthcare workers are staying in the US. The last article I saw on such a brain drain was just the opposite. More doctors are returning to Canada than exit.
The ability for healthcare professionals to come to the United States from other countries has been greatly restricted in recent years. Unless educated and board certified in the United States, hospitals have a very difficult time bringing in professionals from other countries, thanks to the stringent insurance requirements. Those from foreign countries have normally done so through friendly institutions who offer residency opportunities back in the United States to meet the administrative needs of the corporation that owns the hospital/clinic. It is also extremely difficult for unaffiliated doctors to get the insurance they need to practice in the United States anymore. Nurses usually come here on rotational basis and subject to the length of their work visa, which don't get renewed very easily these days. Those that do come down here quickly find that the US is not the land of milk and honey like they were led to believe and that the cost of malpractice insurance, the complexity of the billing systems, and the endless fighting with insurance carriers makes the system not worth the effort. Some stay, but more go home after their initial taste of working in the United States. And that does not count for the doctors in the United States that are picking up and moving to other nations because the system here is too costly and difficult to negotiate. |
Wasn't so sure I believed it, but here is a globe and mail article regarding nurses from today about the subject:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/busi...moving-abroad/
The article also talks a lot about working conditions and burnout of lifestyle, as we were discussing last page. Either someone at the globe was reading our chat or we have pretty succinctly tapped into the cultural consciousness on the subject.