Hundreds of American nurses choose Canada over the U.S. under Trump

[babylonsister]

Hundreds of American nurses choose Canada over the U.S. under Trump
February 25, 20265:00 AM ET
From KFF Health News
By Brett Kelman


Last month, Justin and Amy Miller packed their vehicles with three kids, two dogs, a pet bearded dragon, and whatever belongings they could fit, then drove 2,000 miles from Wisconsin to British Columbia to leave President Trump's America.

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Trump, some of the nurses said, was why they left.

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The Millers are part of a new surge of American nurses, doctors, and other health care workers moving to Canada, and specifically British Columbia, where more than 1,000 U.S.-trained nurses have been approved to work since April.

Many nurses have felt the draw of Canada's progressive politics, friendly reputation, and universal health care system, which stands in contrast to what they see as authoritarian policies under Trump along with deep cuts to funding for public health, insurance, and medical research.

Additionally, some nurses were incensed last year when the Trump administration said it would reclassify nursing as a nonprofessional degree, which would impose strict federal limits on the loans nursing students could receive.

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https://www.npr.org/2026/02/25/nx-s1-5725354/nurses-emigrate-us-canada-trump

[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[gulliver]

2. It's short on data and distracts from the real problems

We need to get serious about health care, and this is a distraction. It possibly even harms those in the nursing profession by wielding their cause as a cat's paw for anti-Trump politics. Just my opinion.

Instead of focusing on an unknown number of nurses going to Canada (relative to the number staying here or coming here from Canada), we should be focusing on making the jobs of nurses here better. If your life currently includes frequent contact with the nursing profession (as mine does), you know for a fact that their job is hard. It's underappreciated, and hard. That's what we should be focusing on.

We also need national health care. And that's going to be hard to get if we don't get people from all brands of politics on the side of it.