I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the two health systems stack up.

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I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the two health systems stack up.

 

 

Final thoughts

One of the starkest differences I’ve seen is how patients show up.

In the U.S., many arrive carrying the weight of economic despair, housing insecurity, and unaddressed trauma. You spend more time managing social crises than medical illness. In Canada, where people don’t fear bankruptcy for seeking care, patients come in and they just talk to you, about doctor things. That’s a profound relief, for them and me.

 

https://canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/25/i-traded-my-u-s-medical-career-for-life-in-canada-heres-how-the-two-health-systems-stack-up