Healthcare Translation: Not only good business, it’s the law!

Healthcare Translation: Not only good business, it’s the law!

As healthcare in the United States increasingly becomes available to lower income and immigrant populations via the Affordable Care Act, most health insurance plans are removing barriers to eligibility and increasing benefits. As a result, they’re gaining millions of...
How Immigrants Improve the US Economy

How Immigrants Improve the US Economy

What do Microsoft, Intel, Google, Ebay and Procter & Gamble have in common? They are either led by, or were founded by, immigrants to the United States. In fact, Forbes recently reported that a whopping 40% of the largest US companies were founded by immigrants or...
Immigrants are very good for you, USA!

Immigrants are very good for you, USA!

I am an immigrant to the United States and, like many immigrants today, I originally came on a temporary student visa, and was seduced by the beauty and vitality of this alluring land. I got married, became a citizen, and love both my new country as well as my country...
Breaking Down the Barriers to Translation for LEP Patients

Breaking Down the Barriers to Translation for LEP Patients

Numerous studies show that communicating with patients in their own language results in better health outcomes, leading to healthier patients and lower medical costs for the patient and their insurers. When reflecting on why this is so, it occurs to me that it is just...