Friday, July 26, 2002
NY Times Finally Admits to E.O. 13166 (Two Years Later)
Today's New York Times carries an editorial, "Health Problems of Latino Children" which includes the following:
Meanwhile one obvious place to start narrowing the health gap for Latino children is the language barriers. President Bill Clinton issued an executive order in August 2000 mandating that physicians who receive Medicaid and Medicare funds provide interpreter services for patients who do not speak English. The rules are flexible, but the national medical associations have opposed them as being too costly.
The cost of translation, as well as the Executive Order, were also discussed earlier this week in the Washington Post ("Struggling to be Understood," July 23rd):
When the Arlington Free Clinic received a $17,500 grant from the Meyer Foundation for a year of interpreting services in July of 2001, Pallesan chose to address her clientele's greatest need by hiring the three trained Spanish-speaking medical interpreters. The grant, which expires this month, covers 600 hours of AHEC interpreting services.
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