Understanding the Language of Care

When the fine print is unintelligible even for native English speakers, what hope is there for Latino immigrants?

The idea of navigating the health-care system stirs the simple fear that hidden within the arcane language of insurance policies are some unpleasant surprises.

I am Latino and fully bilingual, but my native language is Spanish, and in life or death situations—either at the doctor's office or in court—I would rather hear the diagnosis or the sentence in Spanish...