No problem with Canadians

Posted By: me on 2005-11-29
In Reply to: How do you folks feel about work going to Canada? - Just curious. (NM)

transcribing, they get paid more than 3 CPL, so you are on a more even footing with them. My neighbors are Canadian. I can see Canada out my back door, I live right on the border. Can't be mad at my neighbors, they are great folks.

I would have absolutely no problem with work going to India IF they were paid what we were paid, between 6 to 10 CPL, depending on experience. The work is so bad quality that we wouldn't have to worry, but how to you complete with 1, 2, or 3 CPL?

Totally not right. Third-world country with third-world living expenses. They don't have a house payment of $700 per month, etc. I just want to keep my family clothed and fed, but couldn't at their wages. Make them pay the Indian MTs what we get paid and all the work would come back to the good old USA.

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How do you folks feel about work going to Canada? - Just curious. (NM)
- No problem with Canadians - me
- Obviously..... - Amelia
  - And let me add to that.... - Amelia
    - I hope you don't.... - IMHO
- At least most of them speak English as a first language, eh. - I speak Canuck
  - Does it really matter what language they speak when another American loses a job to outsourcing????? - Amelia
    - I agree. Love Canadians, but we need our work here. - MQBummed
  - Oh, yeah! And they spend a lot of money in our country, unlike overseas entities. - I speak Canuck, eh.
    - Oh Great.... - Amelia
      - Don't tell me to wake up when you're the one who isn't seeing the big picture. - Bedelia
- Canadian Tx - Betsy Ross
  - I don't feel as such competition with $$$, sm - gto
    - Good point. Canucks are our brothers and sisters next door. - America Jr.
      - What about Mexico? - voicing my opinion
        Mexico is a 3rd world country-- that's why all of them are here - nm
      - Thanks guys...... - Canuck
        Your welcome, Canada :) You snowbirds keep warm up there. - (NM)
        Errr...should be ~You're welcome, Canada." - My bad

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For heavens' sakes. It's not all those Canadians SM
--and others--doing work for US companies that makes the future so questionable for us. It's whether healthcare dollars should be invested in our work at all; and if a narrative-style record is retained, how much of one? We have a new administration coming in Washington in a few weeks already expressing a commitment to saving healtcare dollars by forcing an accelerated move to a nationwise EHR system. Will our work be in it at all? ? ? I've said it before, all it would take would be Medicare announcing in future it would no longer reimburse narrative-report costs to do away with most of our jobs within months.

I'm not saying this WILL happen--a narrative record is very important to communication. A list of A, B, and Cs just isn't the same. AND, speech recognition means it is becoming much more efficient, thus cost effective, to produce, which I'm hoping will be the salvation of at least some of our jobs.

But if I were you, I'd stop worrying about strange-looking boogymen with funny accents in far lands and start worrying about economic realities and revolutionary changes going on right in front of us right here at home.

But AFTER the holidays. Wishing you happy ones. :)

I agree. Love Canadians, but we need our work here.
What about their socialized med system? No work for them there? Nope, I love Canadians as our neighbors, but I agree we need to keep it in the USA.