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> Canada has a drain problem of doctors leaving the country to go work in the US for exactly this reason.

This used to be true in the 1990s, but it is not true anymore.

https://cmajnews.com/2017/06/15/fewer-canadian-mds-heading-t...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/post/meme-bust...

Now it has hallway medicine and 18 month wait times - not really sure which is preferable to be honest, both are just shortages in unsustainable systems.

> There might be some good doctors in Cuba but you bet your ass that only Castro and his goons have access to them.

A minor correction, neither the late Fidel Castro nor Raul Castro are currently the leaders of Cuba. Cuba is currently led by Miguel Diaz-Canel.

My point still stands.

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