There is a physician shortage on both sides of the border, and you're not going to fix health care until you eliminate the shortage. Even with all the Canadian doctors coming over here, we still don't have enough.
The big difference is that the Canadians have a system that accentuates the problem by encouraging doctors to flee.
Nope.
August 26, 2005 , The report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), released Wednesday, shows that 317 physicians returned to Canada last year compared to 262 who left.
- Here are some highlights from the CIHI report on doctors:
-In 2000, 420 Canadian physicians moved abroad compared to 262 in 2004, a 38 per cent decrease.
-In 2000, 256 physicians returned to Canada compared to 317 in 2004, a 24 per cent increase.
-For the first time since 1969, when statistics were first compiled, more physicians returned to Canada than left the country.
-Between 2000 and 2004, the number of doctors in Canada grew by five per cent, a rate that kept pace with population growth.
-In 2000, there were 188 physicians per 100,000 population; in 2004, there were 189 per 100,000.
-The average age of physicians increased by one year from 2000-2004, to 49.
http://www.pnhp.org/news/2005/august/more_doctors_returni.php