# If you move to Calgary, don't come for the healthcare

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-move-to-calgary-dont-come-for-the-healthcare/359561>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 6, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-move-to-calgary-dont-come-for-the-healthcare/359561 "2006-06-06T01:28:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-move-to-calgary-dont-come-for-the-healthcare/359561/41 "2006-06-09T03:01:35Z")

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[QUOTE=alphaboi867]  
Isn’t medical education the same in Canada as in the USA? How hard is it for Canadian MDs to get licensed in the States?  
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It’s my understanding that lots of Canadian doctors come down here to practice.

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**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-move-to-calgary-dont-come-for-the-healthcare/359561/42 "2006-06-09T04:51:30Z")

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Right, well, I suppose it would have been a good pitting if this was actually…in…the…pit. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-move-to-calgary-dont-come-for-the-healthcare/359561/43 "2006-06-09T14:45:25Z")

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[QUOTE=Diceman]  
It’s my understanding that lots of Canadian doctors come down here to practice.  
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As far as I know, that is indeed part of the problem - conditions for healthcare workers were bad enough that a lot of people went south where they were appreciated and haven’t returned, in spite of all the government promises of a rosy future.

Don’t worry about it, **kawaii**. This is a very mild pitting, hence the MPSIMS forum. More of a bitch session, really.

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**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-move-to-calgary-dont-come-for-the-healthcare/359561/44 "2006-06-09T15:00:51Z")

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[QUOTE=NurseCarmen]  
This post has been Farenheited by the Farenheiter!  
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Thanks **NurseCarmen**. This SoCal hotblood was about to fall over dead just from reading the description of the “mild” Calgary winters. Although I think I’d take 14 degree weather over 114 degree weather. I **HATE** triple digit heat.

I grew up in Indiana and had regular 20-something-degree winter weather all the time and loved it. When we first moved to California, my home family would point and laugh at the silly SoCal-ers wearing scarves and mittens in 60 degree weather.

Now we’re _one of them_. _ **shudder** _

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**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-move-to-calgary-dont-come-for-the-healthcare/359561/45 "2006-06-09T15:02:33Z")

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That should read “my **whole** family.” Note to self: no posting before coffee.

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