Critics of health care reforms similar to Canada and European Countries' systems have long held that Canadian doctors can't make a living and are coming to the US in droves. The most recent data doesn't support that claim. The number of Canadian physicians moving abroad hit a five-year low in 1999, according to data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. In that year, 585 physicians left the country, while 343 physicians moved back to Canada and 243 doctors moved to Canada from the U.S. and other countries, for a net gain of one physician. A total of 56,990 physicians worked in Canada in 1999 (186 per 100,000 population), up from 55,006 in 1995 (Globe and Mail, 8/10/00)