You're mistaken about Canada medical stuff below. (post at bottom).

 The place where we're having trouble is getting enough Senior Doctors to
handle the Residency Requirements and Training of the Doctors about to
graduate.   If they don't have somewhere to 'practice',  they are going to
the U.S. to complete their "Licensing" (or whatever it's called)
requirements -- like a Lawyer Articling...  Once they're working in the U.S.
for U.S. Dollars (about $1.44 Canadian) there's no incentive for them to
return to Canada, since (I THINK) the Doctors here are Capped at how much
they can BILL PER *YEAR based on experience, etc.
   That might be what you meant (below) in para.1  i.e. Once he's billed
160,000 Dollars a year he 'can no longer bill' ....   But Dave or I would
take $160,000. each and manage to Squeak by if we had to....

  Second, our biggest problem is getting Doctors graduating being willing
to go work in 'remote' areas.... Near the U.S. border but in Towns of under
200,000 people...   Canada Government is considering altering the Pay Scales
to encourage graduating Doctors to move to the Smaller Communities (for
example) at 25-30% premium over the 'Caps' they might have in Toronto or
Montreal (That would explain your Para. 3 below-- 'what you heard' /   The
biggest demand for 'Walk in Facilities' are in the Smaller towns further
north and outside the major Centres.)

  Last time I thought I might have to see my Neuro, from 1994 when I could
see him within 5-10 days,  I now need a 'new referral' from my Family
Doctor, then the wait period was up to 6 weeks. That was in Toronto.
Anything more severe is being handled now in 'Emerg.'

  After SARs and other things we had at start of summer, there is
increasing unrest in the WHOLE Medical Community, about 'Hazard Pay' for
more severe Job Areas by All Staff -- Janitors through Nurses through
Doctors, because of the extreme containment and isolation that was necessary
to Trap all of the SARs Virus....  It made some of the computer ones look
like 'the flu', and we *Lost some Major Neurologists, Nurses and Teachers at
the Research Hospitals during that outbreak.

  All of above are also combining with the Aging Baby Boom to produce a
High Doctor Burnout rate, where Doctors who might have worked to age 65 or
beyond, are now leaving at 55 or earlier...  Another Demographic reversal
that is affecting patient staff ratios here, and likely in the U.S. too.
G.R./
 **I can't speak to where 'hillary' stands,  I don't remember seeing her
say anything substantive that made any news up here, OR on CNN.  Impression
I had was the U.S.viewed socialized medicine as a first step into Communism
and thought market forces  should determine who gets treated and who
doesn't.    Sometimes it's hard to differentiate that attitude from a third
world country.. ?  /
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