Dr. Martin Hash Podcast

Nationalism and Globalism have conflicting priorities but none is more fraught with ideological hubris than healthcare. Nationalism means you look out for your own nation first but Globalism is the free flow of capital among nations, including intellectual capital like doctors. Unfettered emigration leads to poorer nations remaining poor while the rich nations keep their costs down: for example, if Britain needs doctors, they’ve been giving them special enticements to leave their own country and immigrate to Britain instead. Medicine is one of those few professions where the quality is not subject to the nation’s GNP: Namibian doctors are just as smart and just as trained as Western doctors, maybe more so since they can’t rely on expensive medications & equipment. They are exactly the kind of doctors those nations need and should not be lured away by getting “rich.” If Britain needs doctors, they should train them domestically, not cannibalize Namibia’s.