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@RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca • 3 months ago

‘100 calls per month’: Why U.S. doctors are looking to move to Canada - National | Globalnews.ca

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@RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca • 3 months ago
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As political tensions and health-care layoffs roil the United States, a surge of American doctors may be looking to make a move north — and provinces are taking notice.
  • @phantomfigure@lemmy.ca
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    Did some searching online… In the USA, the average salary for a General Practice Physician (according to salary.com) is $234,090 (USD); according to Indeed it’s $218,056 (USD) per year. In Canada, the median annual salary for a General Practitioner (GP) is $227,218 (CAD).

    So not exactly at par but probably likely still attractive. When you factor in the political climate, I can see how some may choose to move here.

    • @Albbi@lemmy.ca
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      https://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/US/CA

      On average, you’d make 19% less money. But you’d spend 35% less on health care. Oh, and you’ll be 63% less likely to be murdered.

      • @Sturgist@lemmy.ca
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        And 90%+ less likely to be grabbed off the street by plainclothes Nazis and sent to a concentration camp…

    • @fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net
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      You’re forgetting about the exchange rate. It’s more like 220kish USD vs 170Kish USD

      • Em Adespoton
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        Exchange rate? If you’re not in the US and not importing goods from the US, that’s meaningless.

        • @fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net
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          Things in Canada tend to cost more in Canadian dollars than they do in the states, roughly in proportion to the USD to CAD exchange rate.

        • @jaxxed@lemmy.ml
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          Then you need to compare salary to something like CPI. What can the money buy?

          • Em Adespoton
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            Well, for $3 you can buy a dozen eggs in Canada….

            • @ragepaw@lemmy.ca
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              We paid $4 yesterday and I was angry

            • @SacralPlexus@lemmy.world
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              Too soon.

    • @einlander@lemmy.world
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      And national healthcare.

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