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Great news for Canada. Thanks we'll keep our doctors. Bad news for New York, New Jersey, California, Maryland; or more aptly labelled democrat controlled state

Great news for Canada. Thanks we'll keep our doctors. Bad news for New York, New Jersey, California, Maryland; or more aptly labelled democrat controlled states. Probably the only republican state impacted will be florida, but they often buck trends like this. they'll keep their immigrant doctors.

alistairSH 11mo ago
The article states rural areas tend to be served by a higher proportion of immigrant doctors. The densely populated coasts will probably be fine - the higher salaries will continue to attract US-born and limited immigrant doctors.
- hakunin 11mo ago
  Doctors are paid more in rural areas than in big cities, a reverse of most other professions.
  - alistairSH 11mo ago
    Huh, true enough. I linked one summary. $200k urban vs $205k rural median offers to new doctors overall. But, in surgical practices, that flips well in favor of urban offers. But, that's just for new MDs. Career numbers skew even more to rural doctors https://resources.nejmcareercenter.org/article/demystifying-urban-versus-rural-physician-compensation/ https://resources.nejmcareercenter.org/article/demystifying-...
    - flag_fagger 11mo ago
      I spoke to a doctor at a bar a couple years back and he was telling me apparently out in North Dakota you can get a $400k salary as a family doctor.
      - hakunin 11mo ago
        Yes, Montana too.
  - taylodl 11mo ago
    And rural hospitals are shutting down because they can't sustain operations. US healthcare is collapsing before our very eyes.
- incomingpain 11mo ago
  >The article states rural areas tend to be served by a higher proportion of immigrant doctors. The densely populated coasts will probably be fine - the higher salaries will continue to attract US-born and limited immigrant doctors. I had only anecdotal knowledge(I know Canadian doctors are all going to the big cities) and I looked it up before posting for who would be most impacted. You are correct the article tried to suggest rural, but fact check false. It's easy to see why NPR did this. NPR represents urban liberals; their readers won't like reading that their healthcare costs are about to go way up.

alistairSH 11mo ago

The article states rural areas tend to be served by a higher proportion of immigrant doctors. The densely populated coasts will probably be fine - the higher salaries will continue to attract US-born and limited immigrant doctors.

hakunin 11mo ago
Doctors are paid more in rural areas than in big cities, a reverse of most other professions.
- alistairSH 11mo ago
  Huh, true enough. I linked one summary. $200k urban vs $205k rural median offers to new doctors overall. But, in surgical practices, that flips well in favor of urban offers. But, that's just for new MDs. Career numbers skew even more to rural doctors https://resources.nejmcareercenter.org/article/demystifying-urban-versus-rural-physician-compensation/ https://resources.nejmcareercenter.org/article/demystifying-...
  - flag_fagger 11mo ago
    I spoke to a doctor at a bar a couple years back and he was telling me apparently out in North Dakota you can get a $400k salary as a family doctor.
    - hakunin 11mo ago
      Yes, Montana too.
- taylodl 11mo ago
  And rural hospitals are shutting down because they can't sustain operations. US healthcare is collapsing before our very eyes.
incomingpain 11mo ago
>The article states rural areas tend to be served by a higher proportion of immigrant doctors. The densely populated coasts will probably be fine - the higher salaries will continue to attract US-born and limited immigrant doctors. I had only anecdotal knowledge(I know Canadian doctors are all going to the big cities) and I looked it up before posting for who would be most impacted. You are correct the article tried to suggest rural, but fact check false. It's easy to see why NPR did this. NPR represents urban liberals; their readers won't like reading that their healthcare costs are about to go way up.