[Ralph]

The American hospitals are recruiting very hard in Quebec as well.
They are offering free trips for spouses and in some cases help getting the spouse job contacts in there field.
Some of these deals included free apartments for the first two years and transportation.
My nephew’s girlfriend a trauma nurse has been recruited by a hospital in Vancouver
She had been wooed by five offers four from the US. She took the Vancouver offer in part due to a family situation.
She also was telling us of the doctor drain to the US.
On another note I am not sure of your status or age but keep in mind that there is a strong chance of a national draft soon and this might include you.
Just another factor you might want to think about.

Good luck to you both

[Ralph]

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[electricbuford]

Get some feedback from Maritime Pride-a CKA member that I've not seen on the forums for awhile,if you can.If memory serves-he and his wife are health care professionals that left Canada to come down here to the states and work in the health care industry-North Carolina I believe.They've since moved back to Canada,but could probably give you some insight into what it's like down here.

[Ralph]

I was told by a friend that under certain circumstances such as the purchase of a home or moving to get a job you were allowed to break the lease.
You still MIGHT have to give up two montha of rent but its better than waiting a whole year to move.
You owe it to yourself to check it out.
Good luck

[Robair]

Another thing contributing to more expensive health care in the US (yes, it is much more expensive down here) is malpractice insurance. The number of frivilouse lawsuits has gone through the roof in this country. And why not? There's always a handfull of lawers willing to take your case for nothing more than a percentage of your winnings. Small clinics are closing down because they can't afford malpractice insurance.

Lawyers .

[thirdEye]

Robair Robair:

Another thing contributing to more expensive health care in the US (yes, it is much more expensive down here) is malpractice insurance. The number of frivilouse lawsuits has gone through the roof in this country. And why not? There's always a handfull of lawers willing to take your case for nothing more than a percentage of your winnings. Small clinics are closing down because they can't afford malpractice insurance.

Lawyers .

John Edwards is one of those responsible for soaring malpractice insurance rates.

[Zenfisher]

While I have no love for lawyers...They cannot shoulder all the blame for the healthcare crisis. First the doctors and hospitals do share ( in legitimate claims) partial fault for errors. I'm not blaming the health care professionals, They're human and they do make mistakes. Especially after working any number of double shifts. When grievous bodily harm is caused, why shouldn't the victim have the right to sue?

Insurance companies, that stonewall claims and slowly dole out what they owe also causes problems. The mountains of paperwork caused by the insurance companies, government also cause added expense to the medical system.

Overpriced prescription drugs, that in some cases are not tested thoroughly add to the list of costs.

The cost of administering hundreds of different health care plans, all with different coverage adds to the list of costs.

You have to look at the complete caseload John Edwards fought for, before laying claim that his lawsuits were frivilous. You might want to keep in mind that he is a lawyer thirdeye , before making a blanket statement of blame.

[Rev_Blair]

You may also want to keep in mind that malpractice suits equal only one half of one percent of medical costs in the US. It's a factor, but not a large one.

[Scape]

They are looking to change the draft to include 'non-essential personal' and include both sexes and up the age to 35 with a full roll out by February 2005 to supplement critical manpower shortages, and of course once your in you can't get out and you could get reassigned depending on where they deploy you. This has yet to be given the green light they are waiting on Nov 2. Beyond that the US will pay more my wife is a clerk and I used to work for the department of advanced education tracking the medical students. Trained LPNs are going to be in demand everywhere and the US hospitals will pay more with better benefits but the workload is far higher and their healthcare is private and far more expensive. Given that she would be gainfully employed for the both of you it might be viable but you sound fairly settled in and it would be kinda of a waste and given the situation I would wait till February and see if the other shoe drops 1st. Other than that if you have benefits already from your current job I don't see a big advantage for you south of the 49th considering the potential downside. Info on expanded draft

And the reasons for its liklyhood.

The details of the manpower shortage.