This is not true for Canadians. Many have to travel to the US, India, or otherwise abroad to purchase the healthcare they desire which is not available to them in Canada.
In Canada you have to get sick enough for the system to triage you into the quotas. But maybe you want to stay healthy before things get too bad?
Anybody can choose to which hospital they go, the “state-licensed” crazy expensive one or the “unlicensed” one for 50 dollars a visit.
As far as I understand, currently the pool of people in the US who are allowed to do medical work is artificially limited, and doctors’ salaries are inflated. Just look around the world, there’s a huge supply of doctors with no student debt who would be happy to work for 60k a year. Also tens of thousands of US citizens will just go get a cheap medical degree from other countries, come back, and open private practice.
FWIW, it's about 1500X plus or minus.
> How can we make sure there's enough staff to provide adequate healthcare for everyone?
The solution now seems to be headed towards using FNP's and similar in place of fully licensed MDs. Which for things like primary care makes good sense IMO.
Of course, doctors do not earn nearly as much in England as the USA, thus good luck ever getting something like to change in the USA. In America, most people go to medical school for the prestige and the paycheck, and our system utterly reflects both.