Paging Canada: Your future doctors are fleeing the U.S.

This is an article published in Canada Healthwatch. I've never done this before so I apologize in advance if I've done it incorrectly. I do have to say the article did not surprise me, nor is it likely to surprise others here, but I think it's worth reading.

Well before the Nov. 5th U.S. presidential election, my wife and I had talked about moving to Canada. Two days after the vote, we put the wheels in motion.

I’m a physician, and she’s a newly minted nurse practitioner. We were greeted with mutual enthusiasm, and we both secured jobs rather quickly. Now we live in Canada, and we’re incredibly pleased and grateful.

It’s not a shock that a country that collectively decided the health and well-being of its citizens is essential to social cohesion has an abundance of friendly people. I believe these things are connected.

In return for my appreciation, I’d like to share an important secret with all Canadians: American physicians, especially those under 45, are smart, dedicated, ethical, and desperate to escape a system that not only fails to respect these values but actively undermines them. They are looking for a way out.