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Re:The Collapse of U.S. Healthcare – The Perspective of a Pr... by asdff on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @11:16PM (#34349127)
This seems like a problem that would right itself if the conservatives allowed for more immigration
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Re:The Collapse of U.S. Healthcare – The Perspective of a Pr... by lotsofpulp on Thursday January 12, 2023 @07:56AM (#34352784)
It would not be a new idea:

https://time.com/6051754/history-filipino-nurses-us/

The difference this time is “extra” young Filipinos may not be as numerous:

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/PHL/philippines/fertil...

And they might have more preferable work options such as work in IT fields.

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Re:The Collapse of U.S. Healthcare – The Perspective of a Pr... by robocat on Friday January 13, 2023 @08:48PM (#34376458)
It's an unfair way to fix the problem.

Let poorer countries pay to train nurses and doctors, and then wealthier countries take the best because they can pay more for them due to economic dominance.

We do it in New Zealand by importing a lot of doctors (Chinese and Indian seem common), and nurses . The reason we need to import doctors is because we export a lot of doctors and nurses to wealthier countries such as the USA.

In New Zealand, we get people from poorer countries because we can pay more, and we also get people from first world countries because people want to move here for the lifestyle or for their children.

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