{"id":845839,"date":"2025-05-04T20:12:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T01:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/04\/its-a-golden-ticket-u-s-doctors-explain-the-urge-to-come-to-canada\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T20:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T01:12:19","slug":"its-a-golden-ticket-u-s-doctors-explain-the-urge-to-come-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/04\/its-a-golden-ticket-u-s-doctors-explain-the-urge-to-come-to-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s a golden ticket\u2019: U.S. doctors explain the urge to come to Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Karyn Ginsberg has spent more than 25 years practising\u00a0pediatrics in the United States, but in recent months, she warns the political landscape is fueling a \u201cbrain drain\u201d of doctors<\/a> who are choosing to retire or considering a move to Canada \u2014 an option she\u2019s exploring.<\/p>\n

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Ginsberg grew up in Toronto, completed high school and then moved to the U.S. for university, drawn by her mother\u2019s American roots and the opportunity to study at Cornell University in New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found myself heading back to New York City right out of college because my father had been recruited [from Toronto] as a surgeon to Manhattan. He was a cancer surgeon, and he had an opportunity he couldn\u2019t turn down, and I found myself in New York City as a graduate and went to medical school in New York City,\u201d she told Global News.<\/p>\n

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Ginsberg said she\u2019s loved her decades-long career as a pediatrician in the U.S. and recently spent time working in Los Angeles\u2019 inner city, helping vulnerable youth.<\/p>\n

However, in recent months, she has grown increasingly disheartened by the political landscape \u2014 an unease she shares with many colleagues who are finding it harder than ever to continue practising in the country.<\/p>\n

She points to growing challenges such as deep cuts to health-care funding<\/a>, increasing restrictions on reproductive<\/a> and gender-affirming care<\/a> and the rise of vaccine hesitancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And with Canada\u2019s doctor shortage<\/a> still growing, provinces and health-care agencies are looking to tap into this interest, hoping to bring in more skilled professionals<\/a> to help fill gaps in patient care.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe political landscape in medicine started changing a few years ago in the U.S. \u2026 but the recent politics have made things even worse,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m really disturbed and upset with the state of science and scientists, not just doctors.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Because of these ongoing changes, Ginsberg is now considering a move to Canada to continue her practice \u2014 a step she never imagined taking in her career.<\/p>\n

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Ginsberg isn\u2019t alone in her frustration. Many of her colleagues, particularly those nearing retirement, are seriously considering relocating to Canada or retiring early, she said.<\/p>\n

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With increasing political polarization and the pressure of combating health disinformation, Ginsberg says her peers are at a breaking point \u2014 and Canada may offer a solution.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a golden ticket for many,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI already see some brain drain coming towards Canada. Doctors are really, really unhappy,\u201d she said. \u201cMy peers in the U.S. are also looking to retire, every single one of them, if they can financially. If the opportunities were there, they would take it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One doctor practising internal medicine in the southeastern U.S. spoke with Global News about considering a move to Canada after working 18 years in the American health-care system.<\/p>\n

Fearing retaliation following past threats and the potential loss of his job, he requested anonymity and Global News has agreed.<\/p>\n

He said that during COVID-19, he and many of his colleagues received death threats for supporting the vaccine and had to fight years of misinformation \u2014 something that continues to this day and, in his view, has only worsened under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had all these federal funds that have been stopped. We recently had RFK Jr. cutting all of the health agencies,\u201d he said. \u201cI can no longer rely on most of the information on the NIH [National Institute of Health] and CDC\u00a0 [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] websites because a lot of the information that we need has either been scrubbed or it\u2019s been politically rewritten.\u201d<\/p>\n