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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (400123)	4/28/2003 3:01:42 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Why do so many Americans get their meds from Canada??? And why have so many Canadian doctors moved to the United States?? sptimes.com ...The Hilliers, both 32 and college graduates, are typical of thousands of bright young Canadians who have moved to the United States in the past 10 years. The reasons are many -- better pay, lower taxes, warmer weather -- but the result is a "brain drain" of alarming proportions, many Canadian business and political leaders say. Thanks to free-trade agreements that make it easy for skilled labor to cross national borders, doctors, nurses, engineers and other professionals are leaving Canada in such numbers it could "have significant economic repercussions," warns a new Canadian report titled, "Are We Losing Our Minds?". In 1986, the Conference Board of Canada found 3 percent of the country's natural scientists emigrated to the United States; by 1996 that had increased to 11 percent. The percentage of engineers leaving rose almost threefold and the percentage of doctors heading south shot up almost fivefold... ...has saddled Canadians with a tax burden that is among the heaviest in the world, and 20 percent higher than that in the United States. The crushing taxes, one study found, are among the reasons Canada ranks near the bottom of 47 developed countries in its ability to retain well-educated people. "Everything is taxed, taxed, taxed," says Wallace Weylie, a Canadian-born immigration lawyer who lives in Indian Shores and has helped 250 to 300 Canadian professionals move to the States. "Taxation in Canada has reached the point that Canadians have very little discretionary income. Whatever he has left, he needs for basics. The American, on the other hand, has considerable discretionary income, so Americans can afford to be risk-takers whereas the Canadian has a problem with that. And that gets into the psychology of the businessman coming to the United States."...

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (400123)	4/28/2003 3:09:39 PM
From: jim-thompson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

The same reason they go to Mexico.... We are not talking face lifts..... if doc tells me i need surgery i want it done now, not be put on a list and wait for maybe 2 years. i think many times they figure you will die from something else while awaiting your surgery and this just saves them some duckies....... this is why the people who have a little money will spend it in the united states to get their medical care since it is not available in canada. Go pedal your socialized medicine some place else......

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (400123)	4/28/2003 3:23:46 PM
From: bwanadon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

"Why do so many Americans get their meds from Canada???" Guess how many of those meds were researched and developed in Canada. About zero. That country is full of parasites.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (400123)	4/28/2003 3:27:53 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769667

Because they are cheaper... usually running some 40 - 50% less.