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Yes it is a shame - More insight

Posted: Feb 16th, 2017 - 8:46 am In Reply to: And they can't do ours - MT

It is terrible what has happened to medical transcription. Actually, some nurses can do our job. I've worked with people who left nursing for MT and were great. I've also worked with MTs who left and went to nursing school, so we can't generalize about that. One thing nurses have in their favor is that they have union representation and there is no comparison between what they do and what we do, a couple of hospital stays for orthopedic surgeries convinced me of that. I would make a terrible nurse. I love MT and would still be doing it but I had to face the reality that I would not make any money and I have no secondary income. I'm not crazy about my HIM job and just hanging in there until I can retire in a couple of years. I've never given much thought to how much doctors, nurses and managers are paid, that is comparing apples and oranges, a lot of people make more money than I do and couldn't do my job, in a perfect world we'd all be paid the same.

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Been in the MT field a long, long time - FlowerPower (Views: 1328, 2017-02-11, 9:22 am)
- Long time MT - Me2 (Views: 1119, 2017-02-11, 9:50 am)
  - Sorry - Not true for me (Views: 1062, 2017-02-11, 10:49 am)
    - Not for me - No problems here (Views: 1001, 2017-02-12, 3:53 pm)
    - You sound like one of the owners of a transcription company - I had worked for recently (Views: 810, 2017-02-13, 10:54 pm)
  - Thanks for the insight - Not true for me (Views: 1120, 2017-02-11, 3:27 pm)
    - How crass - anon (Views: 1384, 2017-02-11, 5:03 pm)
      - Repllies like this usually come from someone who - FlowerPower (Views: 1207, 2017-02-12, 8:56 am)
        Making money off hard work of MT - Not true for me (Views: 987, 2017-02-12, 12:40 pm)
      - and i mean the "not true for me" person - FlowerPower (Views: 851, 2017-02-12, 8:57 am)
    - You missed her point big-time. - sm (Views: 932, 2017-02-12, 9:33 am)
      - I made 0.08/line 20 years ago. Mere COLA would be paying - 12 cents but I only get 7. (Views: 849, 2017-02-12, 9:46 am)
    - And they can't do ours - MT (Views: 803, 2017-02-12, 11:39 pm)
      - Yes it is a shame - More insight
- Not true for me - It was your choice to stay (Views: 932, 2017-02-11, 9:51 am)
  - If your MT job is "gone," you lost 100% of that income. sm" - MT for life (Views: 1005, 2017-02-11, 11:37 am)
    - I did not lose 100% of my income - Not true for me (Views: 980, 2017-02-11, 11:42 am)
      - (This was meant in response to the OP) Good points - MT (Views: 899, 2017-02-11, 11:58 am)
    - I am obviously missing something - Not true for me (Views: 1012, 2017-02-11, 12:23 pm)
      - I am not the OP. - MT (Views: 948, 2017-02-11, 12:37 pm)
      - Well said. - and (Views: 995, 2017-02-11, 1:10 pm)
  - to been there a loong time - nik (Views: 760, 2017-02-12, 6:49 pm)
- Wow! Some of you really have a comprehension problem!! - FlowerPower (Views: 991, 2017-02-12, 8:54 am)
  - You nailed it. The vast majority of MTs now earn - far less while others make far more. (Views: 879, 2017-02-12, 9:36 am)
    - Yes, we can blame the pusillanimous MTSOs who cave - to pressure from clients. (Views: 808, 2017-02-12, 9:51 am)
  - Lack of comprehension - MT1347 (Views: 830, 2017-02-13, 1:26 pm)
    - Get out - You can do it if you want (Views: 740, 2017-02-14, 7:15 am)
- I struggle to make less than half - mom2huskies (Views: 855, 2017-02-12, 10:28 am)
- Well, at least you're making the same amount.... - CAMT (Views: 691, 2017-02-16, 3:00 pm)