I'm gonna give it a try..can't hurt!

On the front page of the Long Beach Press Telegram in Long Beach, Calif. today is the start of a series that is going to run every Sunday for the rest of the year.  They are going to share the experiences, some challengiing, some encouraging, of our friends and neighbors this is regards to the slowing economy, unemployment, etc.  Also today was a letter to the Editor that basically said  If you want to fix the economy in the U.S. then quit outsourcing all the jobs overseas. Jobs here = consumer confidence and spending.

I am going to give it a shot and see if I can get a story about the MT field and how what is happening in MT is NOT related to EMR. The EMR President Obama wants is a MR that is accessible via a computer (EMR) (and HIPPA accountability for privacy) but no where have I seen any reference that the reports that are included in that MR are supposed to be coming from a Third World Country with no HIPPA accountability.  The focus behind the EMR is having access to your medical records if you have a medical incident away from access to that infamous paper chart in your doctor's office or prior paper hopsital records that can not be rapidly accessed.  I am not against the concept of EMR but I am against the concept of trying to get by with lumping it in with other functions end up eliminating jobs in the U.S.  They are our medical records and all components of them should remain in our country.  If I am able to pull it off and get a Sunday dedicated to MT and EMR, I will post the link to the article here.  Anyone who wants to assist in writing an article give me a shout-out.

• Ladies...I think we may be making some headway... - MT Revolution
  • Sarah1114 - I was just mandated a huge pay cut! Are you kiddin
    • I'm so flustered, I got my name in the wrong spot LOL nm - Sarah1114
  • If you want the best, you'll have to pay for it. - EmmaMT
  • if you ask me, MTSOs - sm - anonabon
    • Exactly! Get rid of the recruiters, the - Common Sense
      • Sounds like a school district! - catsxoxo
      • In a nutshell, that's what's wrong with our entire - (sm) - Topaz
  • My short story - same experience
  • Hospitals cutting their costs - where do - think they are going to cut first?
    • they already did that going to pruduction - read - anonabon
  • Actually, I'd be happy to work for 80s wages -- I made a lot more then. nm - LTMT
    • So did I! 80's wages were great! nm - nm
      • Hey, wages were even still good 5 years ago, now pretty much gone. nm - molly
  • Yes, the MTSO has to "make THEIR money", but - guess what, so do we! (sm)-Topaz
  • I hear ya'.... - sm
    • Your 1st paragraph should be burned into - all of our brains! (sm) Topaz
      • I'm gonna give it a try..can't hurt! - TravelinMT
        • TravelinMT: I say, go for it. sm - penny
          • Well I got the reporter's name - TravelinMT
          • I've tried to tell people as well - that their medical records are being
  • Agree. I shopped around until I found - sm
  • I agree to some extent, but some of these MTSOs are SM - jazzMT
    • The only accounts you lose in business by charging - what you're worth are the CR@P accounts.
  • "So many" job posting lately? I've seen fewer and fewer. nm - I don't get your logic
    • are you kidding me? - MT Revolution
      • The only thing you are doing is forcing the - Anon
        • We "think" we're worth more? We are! - wacko
        • So are we supposed to just accept low wages? - sm
        • let the MTSOs step in the MTs shoes - sm - no name
          • Exactly! MTSOs need to get a back bone - You sell us ALL short
        • Spoken like a true MTSO! nm - *rolls_eyes*
          • Wrong again! I am NOT an MTSO - just an MT - Anon
        • Oh, that's horse puckey. The reason they - BTDT
      • I would never even apply at a company with - sm
        • Not necessarily true. - Work for "Global" company
      • Inferior? - violetmt

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I really should start showing on my resume I've only worked for 3 years.  Maybe I'd get the good accounts for once.

So what did I do before that?  Oh, I guess I didn't need a job.  Maybe they'd stop slinging me all the sh**.

I had that happen a long time ago.  Fortunately, at the time I didn't need the money. She had called me and was panicked because she was snowed under and wouldn't be able to make TAT.  I worked myself to death all weekend long, but when it came to pay me, there was one excuse after another, and finally she gave me a check ... and it bounced. 

On a happier note, or at least I hope it turns out happy, I wrote to the woman in Virginia again and she finally answered me saying that she had taken care of it and not to bother her again as she had clients to take care of ... whatever.  Maybe this time the old squeaky wheel theory works.

I am sure that not all people without direct deposit are cheats, and I am glad you have found someone you can rely on.  It will just take awhile to get this bad taste out of my mouth and learn to trust again. 

When someone posted below who cares about construction workers that pretty well summed up the problem in general.  Everything is about 'me.'  Our America is on its way to becoming a Third World Country.  Watch the news sometime.

but I don't know if policies and coverage rates vary from state to state.  Here in Maine, I think the state has something in place that limits how many insurance companies can exist...messed up but true.  Maybe that's what the person meant by going to the voting booth?  I honestly have no idea. 

I have to buy the family plan, even though it's just my husband and I, and man, even though the company chips in a bit it is very pricey...if it goes up again the next cycle, I'm probably gonna have to drop, as it already costs over 1/3 of what I make, but I try not to think about it because it makes me poop blood.  Again though, I deeply believe this is due to the corruption of the State of Maine, and not DeVenture.