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Related: About this forumDes Moines worker moving to Germany for better health care
https://iowastartingline.com/2026/04/22/des-moines-worker-moving-to-germany-for-better-health-care/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Iowa%20Worker%27s%20Almanac%204-22-26&utm_term=Iowa%20Starting%20Line%20-%20Workers%20AlmanacI am of the opinion that health care is absolutely burning below the surface this election cycle as the worthless press covers Trump, Trump, Trump. Here is an excerpt:
I was chatting with Matthew Peirce about being laid off from his job at a small insurance company in Des Moines recently, when he dropped this bombshell:
Im moving to Germany, he said, noting his plan was to leave in May. Im done.
His job was automated out, but hes not upset with the company as much as he hates that changing jobs in America means finding one with good health insurance, too.
And he knows, from spending 18 months in Germany years ago, that he can get better care for less money in that countrywithout it being tied to where hes working.
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Des Moines worker moving to Germany for better health care (Original Post)
rurallib
6 hrs ago
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UpInArms
(55,129 posts)1. USA
A third world country
Ray Bruns
(6,541 posts)2. We're not #1 anymore?
progressoid
(53,279 posts)3. We have a talent drain. Including in healthcare.
I spoke to a Canadian a year ago who said they are welcoming a lot of American Docs and nurses. Then this article popped up a few months ago.
Hundreds of American nurses choose Canada over the U.S. under Trump
Last month, Justin and Amy Miller packed their vehicles with three kids, two dogs, a pet bearded dragon, and whatever belongings they could fit, then drove 2,000 miles from Wisconsin to British Columbia to leave President Trump's America.
The Millers resettled on Vancouver Island, their scenic refuge accessible only by ferry or plane. Justin went to work in the emergency room at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, where he became one of at least 20 U.S.-trained nurses hired since April.
Trump, some of the nurses said, was why they left.
"There are so many like-minded people out there," said Justin, who now works elbow to elbow with Americans in Canada. "You aren't trapped. You don't have to stay. Health care workers are welcomed with open arms around the world."
The Millers are part of a new surge of American nurses, doctors, and other health care workers moving to Canada, and specifically British Columbia, where more than 1,000 U.S.-trained nurses have been approved to work since April.
...https://www.npr.org/2026/02/25/nx-s1-5725354/nurses-emigrate-us-canada-trump