Definitely an issue with socialist universal healthcare.
The payer, the government sets the rates and makes it illegal to work outside their underfunded system.
So a GP makes the same $35 gross for your average visit no matter if they are downtown Toronto or some podunk forestry town. No matter your rent or overhead.
In fact, the rural forestry town is better because there's more chance of grants & subsidies.
My cousin was an ER doctor in Sault St. Marie, Ontario (many years ago). She wanted a small city to raise her 3 kids in. Her husband was a "house husband" and loved every minute of it. The people adored her, her co-workers adored her, she really did well! They moved to a bigger city (not Toronto!) after the kids went to University.
SSM is a cool town. Very far removed from Toronto. Nice to be able to cross the river into the US as needed as well.
If you don't mind the terror that is being in charge when shit is going down (and the monotony of dealing with the refuge that shows up at your door with the druggies, the poor, the homeless, the mentally ill, the frequent flyers and people without a family doc), being a ER doc in some way is one of the sweetest jobs in medicine.
It pays pretty well and it's truly shift work with no call.
The best part of being an ER doc is that you walk away once your shift is done. There's no follow-up or obligations (besides maybe following up on a few tests done if there's no handoff).
That really can't be said about almost any physician position.
iirc, they actually lived just outside of town right beside the Indian Reservation. 80% of their neighbors were natives. It was like a 10 minute drive to the hospital.
She was on call though, they didn't have much staff and usually there was just 1 doctor in the ER at any given time. She'd work 50-60 hours in a typical week, but the pay was fantastic. That's why her husband stayed home, she made like 5X what he would have, and he was an electrician. That was her plan from a young age, she's that smart, eh? :>
Good pay, great place to live & raise kids and being adored by the entire community = nice work if you can get it!
Definitely an issue with socialist universal healthcare.
The payer, the government sets the rates and makes it illegal to work outside their underfunded system.
So a GP makes the same $35 gross for your average visit no matter if they are downtown Toronto or some podunk forestry town. No matter your rent or overhead.
In fact, the rural forestry town is better because there's more chance of grants & subsidies.
My cousin was an ER doctor in Sault St. Marie, Ontario (many years ago). She wanted a small city to raise her 3 kids in. Her husband was a "house husband" and loved every minute of it. The people adored her, her co-workers adored her, she really did well! They moved to a bigger city (not Toronto!) after the kids went to University.
SSM is a cool town. Very far removed from Toronto. Nice to be able to cross the river into the US as needed as well.
If you don't mind the terror that is being in charge when shit is going down (and the monotony of dealing with the refuge that shows up at your door with the druggies, the poor, the homeless, the mentally ill, the frequent flyers and people without a family doc), being a ER doc in some way is one of the sweetest jobs in medicine.
It pays pretty well and it's truly shift work with no call.
The best part of being an ER doc is that you walk away once your shift is done. There's no follow-up or obligations (besides maybe following up on a few tests done if there's no handoff).
That really can't be said about almost any physician position.
iirc, they actually lived just outside of town right beside the Indian Reservation. 80% of their neighbors were natives. It was like a 10 minute drive to the hospital.
She was on call though, they didn't have much staff and usually there was just 1 doctor in the ER at any given time. She'd work 50-60 hours in a typical week, but the pay was fantastic. That's why her husband stayed home, she made like 5X what he would have, and he was an electrician. That was her plan from a young age, she's that smart, eh? :>
Good pay, great place to live & raise kids and being adored by the entire community = nice work if you can get it!