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Arpig -> RE: Mass exodus of Physicians? (12/14/2010 9:17:41 PM)

I was just wondering the same thing...where overseas are they going to go?



tazzygirl -> RE: Mass exodus of Physicians? (12/14/2010 10:04:22 PM)

The Law Congress passed reducing residency numbers was in response to the complaints about Physicians from other countries coming here to practice. Even a Physician who has practied many years overseas must do a residency here.

Seeing a pattern?



Lucylastic -> RE: Mass exodus of Physicians? (12/15/2010 4:34:54 AM)

I thought they were going to move to south america to look after all the millionaire merrycans that run like wabbits, cos of the terrifying socialist raiders taking over the gubbermint




DomYngBlk -> RE: Mass exodus of Physicians? (12/15/2010 5:29:19 AM)

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ORIGINAL: truckinslave

As tg posted previously, Congress capped residencies over a decade ago.

There are new med schools opening- see the Slimes article (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/education/15medschools.html) but it's unclear how much that is going to help given the Congresssional interference with residencies.


Please stop, you are embarrassing yourself. You started your premise saying Congress by passing the Health Care Bill will make doctors become scarce. Now it is capped residencies? How quickly could they be uncapped.....Please. The AMA decides who, what and where on medical school.....no if's, and's or but's about it. They created their own problem. Tears now won't change the facts



truckinslave -> RE: Mass exodus of Physicians? (12/15/2010 9:56:13 AM)

Intelligent people have been aware that the "brain drain" enjoyed by the uS for so long has been shifting, and not just in the area of medicine.
Where will/do they go?

First place I looked at was Hong Kong. $750,000. In 2005

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:p1wQvkPobl4J:www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_5121.html+%22hong+kong%22+doctors+remuneration&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us



tazzygirl -> RE: Mass exodus of Physicians? (12/15/2010 10:58:39 AM)

Hong Kong's cost of living is extremely high.

Financial Considerations
The cost of living in Hong Kong is pretty high. For instance, a basket
of goods that cost $100 in the U.S. would cost $143 in Hong Kong. A
one-bedroom apartment can run as high as $1,925 U.S. a month.

http://www.overseasdigest.com/country/HongKong.htm

But, hey, a million a year, and you dont need a car to get around. Sounds like a dream job. I have to wonder, though, why they still have openings?



DomYngBlk -> RE: Mass exodus of Physicians? (12/17/2010 5:26:11 AM)

I think the ability to drive from your hospital in the US to your home in the US without the aide of a few armed guards could be one good reason they aren't leaving. And won't.



Moonhead -> RE: Mass exodus of Physicians? (12/17/2010 6:07:55 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Arpig

I was just wondering the same thing...where overseas are they going to go?


The moon, perhaps?
[image]http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/medialibrary/images/misc/blue_moon_sandj.jpg[/image]




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