New Brunswick: Healthcare Outflow and Policy Debates

A report reveals 1,659 New Brunswickers sought medical care outside Canada last year, underscoring medical tourism trends. Vitalité Health Network now links new medical scholarships to four-year work service agreements, unlike the province's $21 million investment for 57 New Brunswick medical student seats at Halifax’s Dalhousie University. Progressive Conservative Don Monahan (Moncton-Fredericton) has entered the PC leadership race. The Holt government presses Saskatoon-based owners for a southern New Brunswick potash mine reopening, despite no "near-term path."

Bottom Line

New Brunswick confronts rising cross-border patient travel and varied healthcare recruitment strategies amidst provincial political shifts.

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