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When comparing the tuition rates between the US and Canada for Medical students, you cannot ignore the difference in salaries between the two countries. Yes tuition is expensive in the US and steps need to be taken to rectify that problem, but for MD's that move on to become specialists, the divide in salaries more than pays for itself over time. I doubt most specialists view their career as a stop gap that they will only practice for 3-5 years, over the first quarter of their career it more than pays for itself.
Also consider that many States and Healthcare Systems have loan forgivness programs to attract the best graduates and specialists to their state/hospitals. The Healthcare System I work for has a very generous program in place and pays for up to half of candiates tuition debt.
Further steps need to be taken for graduates that want to become PCP's, as they are woefully underpaid in both the US and Canada. The new Healthcare law takes steps to raise salaries and forgive the debts of those that practice as PCP's for 5 years, so we will see how that works out over time.
That's true, but the US can afford to pay doctors so much partly because the healthcare system is private and because of the high malpractice insurance costs.
If the US has a public healthcare system, doctors would have to make do with lower salaries.
In countries that have public healthcare and reasonable tuition, I think it's best to keep both med tuition rates and doctor salaries in check, for financial purposes.
Obviously Canada is in a bit of a tough spot since doctors can easily go to the US and earn much more than they would in their home country. Brain drain.
No one has said that the US is not a good country. It's just that it lags behind badly behind other developed countries in many ways. It's among the worst best countries.
I could make a long list but I think it's probably already been discussed to death on this forum.
No one has said that the US is not a good country. It's just that it lags behind badly behind other developed countries in many ways. It's among the worst best countries.
I could make a long list but I think it's probably already been discussed to death on this forum.
It has but there is a bunch of people here who act like experts on the U.S.A but in reality they don't really know what they are talking about.
Why is it so difficult for (some) Canadians to admit that the United States, for all its faults, is still a very, very good country? One of the best in the world. No question.
We need reminding periodically if all we rely upon is internet interaction and the occasional negative interchange with individuals in our travels, that for all of it's warts and blemishes, the U.S. has been a cornucopia for Canada in more ways then we can count.
Of course the relationship needs vigilance as any business arrangement would with two partners of very different background and purse size. Keeping vigilant however does not require us to be completely derogatory in every thought word and deed.
Nit picking negative statistics doesn't help.
remember not everyone has such a negative outlook on life.
It's not my fault the negatives outweigh the positives.
I'm a realist, sorry. Whether the US does good or bad does not matter to me. I'm just pointing out the facts.
Speaking of statistics, Mark Twain popularized this phrase: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
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