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David Eby, the Premier of British Columbia, has revealed that a wide range of American healthcare workers, including doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses have flocked to the Canadian province in search of employment and have secured jobs. 

Speaking at BC Children’s Hospital on Tuesday, the premier pointed out that the progressive social values, lifestyle and public healthcare system have been instrumental in attracting U.S.-trained medical workers to B.C. He added that the province respected science while making public health policies, has a high standard of living and respects reproductive rights. These, he said, have made the province an attractive place for healthcare workers from America. 

He highlighted that the universal healthcare system saves people from going into medical debt for the rest of their lives. This is because healthcare is accessible to all regardless of their income. 

British Columbia started a program to attract American healthcare workers to the province a year ago. In just one year, the premier revealed, at least 414 healthcare professionals had secured employment in B.C. through that program. This number includes 260 nurses, 42 nurse practitioners and 89 doctors. 23 allied medical workers (psychologists, speech therapists and occupational therapists, for example) have also secured jobs in the province. 

Josie Osborne, the minister of health in the province, explained that B.C. had streamlined the administrative processes for U.S.-trained healthcare professionals who wished to secure employment in the province. These changes included bringing together health authorities, regulatory colleges and Health Match B.C. to expedite credential recognition so that these professionals can quickly start working. 

Adriane Gear, the president of the union of nurses in B.C., welcomed the approximately 260 nurses that had made the decision to start working in British Columbia within the past 12 months. She, however, added that the number is tiny compared to the roughly 4,500 nursing jobs that need to be filled in the province. 

Gear added that according to provincial government estimates, approximately 30,000 nurses will be needed in B.C. by 2035. She therefore called on the provincial government to institute programs to encourage more locals to join nursing schools so that the future labor requirements can largely be met by recruiting locally. 

The comments of the B.C. Premier show that the province is looking to benefit from the challenges in the U.S. healthcare system to attract skilled medical workers to move across the border. The statistics on those that have so far heeded this call provide cause for concern because if this brain drain continues unabated, the U.S. could find itself in a dire shortage of medical workers. Health insurers like Astiva Health and other stakeholders could have to contend with the unintended consequences arising from this brain drain in the years to come. 

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