Thanks for sharing this with us. I can totally feel your frustration. The sad fact is that companies are about making money. They don’t really care about nationalism or helping their fellow citizens. To them it’s about the bottom line. That being said the way to address this issue is a matter of simple economics which is basically what is driving off shoring of jobs. If the government gives U.S. businesses incentives like significant tax breaks for keeping most of the jobs here, that would naturally cause many businesses to stay put. Or they can tax them heavily for taking jobs away. As someone that tries to help people regardless of their nation’s origin, I’m happy we can work with other nations to provide jobs. But I don’t want it to be at the cost of people here. Like anything in life there needs to be a happy medium. Right now we don’t have that. This country has become one of consumers instead of producers. We import everything but export our jobs. That’s a recipe for disaster which is what you’re seeing in this industry and across the board. But I think it can be fixed if we view the problem from a business point of view and provide solutions that make it sweeter for businesses to keep most of their jobs here. Because ultimately it’s about the almighty dollar for these companies.

Thanks for chiming in and providing such great insight on the industry as it stands now. I’ve been hearing a lot of the same sad news from other MT’s. For years this was such a consistent legit work at home option. But I guess that’s changed with the outsourcing and technical advances.

I guess like any type of career, folks will have to adapt, reinvent themselves or focus on the careers that are in demand. It’s definitely sad but I guess that’s how jobs play out sometime. But thanks for providing that insight. It gives folks something to think about!

I have enjoyed reading over your site, and have even earned a few dollars with Youdata already! However, I wanted to share some info about the MT world, as I have been an MT for two years now, and believe me, it’s a tough world right now!

First off, I went to a brick and mortar college for a year to receive my certification. After that, I was fortunate enough to land a job covering the weekends at a local hospital. I also managed to work PT for a national company, however I landed this job through networking, not through testing, which is usually required (along with 3 years minimum experience!)

The pay rate for MTs is not great these days. I started my first national job at 6 cents per line, and I am only up to 8 cents per line after two years. Work has been VERY SLOW, and a lot of work is being sent overseas and is also being eaten up by the invention of EMR (electronic medical records) and programs like Dragon that type what the user says. Electronic editing usually pays about 0.02 cents per line (ouch!)

I understant that those overseas also need to work, but I do not endorse sending medical records overseas, 1) because they are not bound by HIPAA as we are and 2) because the English language with all it’s euphemisms, phrases, etc., is hard enough, but then throw MEDICAL language into it, and records can easily be mistyped and therefore misread, resulting in dangerous consequences for practices and their patients. While we all want to think that doctors and nurses check and recheck, there have been instances where they go by the numbers on the report, and believe me, there is a huge difference between 50 mg of Lasix and 500 mg of Lasix (for example)

In other words, if you want to go into this field, make sure you do it out of love of the medical field, not as a way to stay home and get rich. In most instances you are treated as nothing more than a glorified computer, you’re expected to be available 24/7 (even if you have set hours!) and you usually end up with carpal tunnel (like I have at 23 years old!)

I don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade, but I just wanted to be honest and forthcoming, as this field is hard to break into and very hard to make money with. I have gone weeks before with only making $50 dollars, but I have had great weeks of $600-900 dollars. It just depends on the work that is available and who you work with!

Good luck to everyone!

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