Reading Time: 4 minutes Tired of being subjected to the whims of the US medico-industrial complex
Author: Emily Queenan
Dr Emily Queenan grew up in Haverford, Pennsylvania in the suburbs of Philadelphia, where she returned for medical school at the University of Pennsylvania. She then moved to Rochester, NY for her family medicine residency at the University of Rochester; shortly after residency, she opened the first iteration of Queenan Family Medicine & Maternity Care, and had a flourishing solo family practice from 2009 until 2014. However, with a heavy heart, she closed the practice in 2014 because she had become worn out dealing with the injustice of the American health insurance system. She looked north to a society that valued health care as a human right and not a commodity, and was intrigued to experience Canada’s single-payer system first hand.