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Where are the unemployed foreign doctors?

vsskanth 6y ago
They don't need to be unemployed, just be paid much higher than what they make in their home country
ashtonkem 6y ago
Visas for skilled immigrants rarely are given to the unemployed, largely because skilled workers very rarely go without work in most countries. Usually these immigrants are looking for a safer or better life in America for themselves or their families.
renewiltord 6y ago
Don't need the unemployed. Go for the best. Brain drain the world like America did right after WW2. Suck the best up and put them here. Don't even have to do very much, just liberalize skilled immigration and pull everyone who wants to come who has degrees in nations with equivalent systems. Canadian medical staff, for instance, should be able to instant-transfer. Forget the small ball with licence reciprocity between states. Licence reciprocity between nations. They will come. Just let them.
- justinclift 6y ago
  Why the heck would "the best" people from overseas want to work in the US?
  - floor2 6y ago
    Because, contrary to the constant anti-America sentiments shared across social media, the US remains one of the best places to live in the world. You're not going to see a massive influx of doctors leaving Switzerland, Germany or the UK to come to the US because those countries are all very similar quality of life. However, the world is bigger than handful of Western European nations which are gleefully looking down their noses at Trump-era America, and there are literally billions of intelligent, hard working, educated people across Africa, Asia, South America and Eastern Europe who would see their lives improve in every way by moving to the US.
    - justinclift 6y ago
      > Because, contrary to the constant anti-America sentiments shared across social media, the US remains one of the best places to live in the world. Evidence please? :)
  - renewiltord 6y ago
    Well, if they don't want to, then the liberalization won't do anything. So it looks like a Pareto-optimal move.

They don't need to be unemployed, just be paid much higher than what they make in their home country

Visas for skilled immigrants rarely are given to the unemployed, largely because skilled workers very rarely go without work in most countries. Usually these immigrants are looking for a safer or better life in America for themselves or their families.

renewiltord 6y ago

Don't need the unemployed. Go for the best. Brain drain the world like America did right after WW2. Suck the best up and put them here. Don't even have to do very much, just liberalize skilled immigration and pull everyone who wants to come who has degrees in nations with equivalent systems. Canadian medical staff, for instance, should be able to instant-transfer. Forget the small ball with licence reciprocity between states. Licence reciprocity between nations. They will come. Just let them.

justinclift 6y ago
Why the heck would "the best" people from overseas want to work in the US?
- floor2 6y ago
  Because, contrary to the constant anti-America sentiments shared across social media, the US remains one of the best places to live in the world. You're not going to see a massive influx of doctors leaving Switzerland, Germany or the UK to come to the US because those countries are all very similar quality of life. However, the world is bigger than handful of Western European nations which are gleefully looking down their noses at Trump-era America, and there are literally billions of intelligent, hard working, educated people across Africa, Asia, South America and Eastern Europe who would see their lives improve in every way by moving to the US.
  - justinclift 6y ago
    > Because, contrary to the constant anti-America sentiments shared across social media, the US remains one of the best places to live in the world. Evidence please? :)
- renewiltord 6y ago
  Well, if they don't want to, then the liberalization won't do anything. So it looks like a Pareto-optimal move.