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This is, unfortunately, a win-lose game. If the US relaxed its requirements for nurses and doctors they could actually destroy the healthcare or many other coun
by mlinhares 5y ago
This is, unfortunately, a win-lose game. If the US relaxed its requirements for nurses and doctors they could actually destroy the healthcare or many other countries. I've multiple friends that are experienced healthcare providers in Brazil that would love to move here but the rules are so draconic and complicated they have just given up.
In a way I think it's good they have these requirements in place as that means people in Brazil won't be without doctors but its also pretty awful for me to say something like this given I DID move here to work, so I guess anyone else should have the same shot.
- arcticbull 5y ago> If the US relaxed its requirements for nurses and doctors they could actually destroy the healthcare or many other countries. Some medical professionals find the US healthcare system to be unconscionable. Some would move, some wouldn't. My doctor parents were offered jobs in the US but they refused on moral grounds - forgoing a somewhat higher salary - preferring to stay in Canada. The best outcome would be for them to move to the US, push down salaries (salaries in the US are something like 56% of all of healthcare spending) and that normalization would then stem the flow of foreign professionals while seriously benefitting Americans.
- cycrutchfield 5y agoDoctor salaries only comprise 8-9% of total healthcare spending in the US
- arcticbull 5y agohm you're right, I may have found a bad source.