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pandr32

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2. Specialty doctors have been leaving B.C. for the U.S. for decades.

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 12:21 PM

18 hrs ago

After medical school many were lured across the border for higher pay. It left holes in wait times for appointments and surgeries. With the corporate takeover of practices in the U.S. and everything else that doctors here face trying to get through insurance hurdles, perhaps the trend will flip.

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B.C. aims to poach U.S. doctors and nurses by highlighting 'uncertainty and chaos' south of the border [View all] cbabe 18 hrs ago OP

Do it Canada-wide for cream of the crop: doctors, nurses, scientist, engineers, musicians, creatives of all kinds. .nt Bernardo de La Paz 18 hrs ago #1

Specialty doctors have been leaving B.C. for the U.S. for decades. pandr32 18 hrs ago #2

And retirees! BonnieJW 15 hrs ago #3