Outraged!

Posted By: ktdid on 2007-04-21
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Did anybody else notice what I noticed in the newest edition of AAMT's PLEXUS? I counted the number of new MTs gaining CMT status from 11/01/06 to 12/31/06--45 people. Are you ready for this--22 of those names were MTs with addresses in India! Approximately 50% of all new CMTs are not Americans. I believe AAMT has forgotten the acronym stands for AMERICAN Association of Medical Transcriptionists. (Yes, I know they're in the process of changing the name to something more obscure.) All other American professionals with certification or licensing must operate within the city, county, state or country granting their certification or licensure. But AAMT continues to allow anybody in the world to join on a whim. Shameful!

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Outraged! - ktdid
- Thank NAFTA for work going to India - kat
  - It doesn't show India's - NightOwl
  - You buying? - mg
  - Oh, I can pass it, all right.... - tnmt
  - Some of us have been the best we can for 30 years, -nm - and STILL don't have squat to show for it.
  - Since when was India in North America? - Unhappy Camper
    - I thought the same thing. LOL nm - Jay
- AAMT stands for sm - Ex-AAMT
- why bother - CMT ridiculous
  - It costs the CMT megabucks to maintain sm - Ex-AAMT
- US MTs need to somehow unite. - sm
  - You think anyone at AAMT reads this board? - lynbel
    - Oh, I'd say they do, but why should they care if you don't pay dues? - tnmt
  - Yes, it is fair. - This is why ...
    - I completely agree with your post... - anon
    - Except that US MTs don't get PAID a fair rate -nm - for OUR economic environment.
      - I disagree...I make a nice $37,000 a year, which is - anon
    - Funny you should bring this up as it reminds - me of the time I was charging $5.00 per page sm
      - You could not be more wrong. - This is why ...
        I personally make plenty of money to have this - itty biddy mindset...without the AAMT
        If one is making 7 cpl in 2007, and they were (sm) - Not dead yet, but getting there.
- That has been going on for years. No longer a member. - Of course they pay less.
- Well sure, they don't impress us, so - Me
- AAMT has NEVER been good for American MT's. (nm) - Typingperson
- Indian MTs also pay much less to take the test than Americans do. nm - deb
  - And they still suck - RadMT
- Why are you surprised? - .

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Why are you so outraged? They are SM
obviously no longer using the recruiting agency they've been using for the past few years and doing it directly.

Well I personally am not outraged by the offshoring but the
laying off of all their domestic MTs and QA I am. Offshoring is a fact of life unfortunately and we have to live with that, but we do NOT have to live with ALL our labor force losing their jobs to offshoring and that is absolutely ridiculous.

What's not to understand about that?

Maybe you could further explain what you do not understand.