American doctors moving to Canada

 Many Canadian doctors practice in the U.S., where pay is generally higher and they may have more access to high tech imaging and other medical equipment.  But there's a stream of docs moving in the other direction now.

KFF Health news has the story:

American Doctors Are Moving to Canada To Escape the Trump Administration
By Brett Kelman 

"The Medical Council of Canada said in an email statement that the number of American doctors creating accounts on physiciansapply.ca, which is “typically the first step” to being licensed in Canada, has increased more than 750% over the past seven months compared with the same time period last year — from 71 applicants to 615. Separately, medical licensing organizations in Canada’s most populous provinces reported a rise in Americans either applying for or receiving Canadian licenses, with at least some doctors disclosing they were moving specifically because of Trump.

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"Doctors Manitoba, which represents physicians in the rural province that struggles with one of Canada’s worst doctor shortages, launched a recruiting campaign after the election to capitalize on Trump and the rise of far-right politics in the U.S.

"The campaign focuses on Florida and North and South Dakota and advertises “zero political interference in physician patient relationship” as a selling point."