{"id":863083,"date":"2025-07-17T18:11:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/lost-in-translation-interpreter-cutbacks-could-put-patient-lives-on-the-line\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T18:11:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:11:45","slug":"lost-in-translation-interpreter-cutbacks-could-put-patient-lives-on-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/lost-in-translation-interpreter-cutbacks-could-put-patient-lives-on-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost in Translation: Interpreter Cutbacks Could Put Patient Lives on the Line\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business News <\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"post-2060096\">\n<header>\n<figure><figcaption> <span>(iStock\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>LISTEN: Federal law entitles patients to interpreters if they don\u2019t have a strong grasp of English. KFF Health News correspondent Vanessa G. S\u00e1nchez appeared on WAMU\u2019s \u201cHealth Hub\u201d on July 9 to explain why some Trump administration policies are leaving patients fearful to ask for language services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/070925hhlanguageaccess-Remington.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Patients need to communicate clearly with their health care provider. But that\u2019s getting more difficult for those in the U.S. who don\u2019t speak English.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Budget cuts by the Trump administration have left some providers scrambling to keep qualified medical interpreters. And an executive order designating English the official language of the United States has created confusion among providers about what services should be offered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Patients who don\u2019t speak English are left afraid, and perhaps at risk for medical mistakes. What happens when those who need help are too frightened to ask?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In WAMU\u2019s July 9 \u201cHealth Hub\u201d segment, KFF Health News correspondent Vanessa G. S\u00e1nchez explained why health advocates worry these changes could lead to worse patient outcomes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/medical-interpreter-funding-staff-cuts-patient-lives-english-language-services\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Vanessa G. S\u00e1nchez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(iStock\/Getty Images) LISTEN: Federal law entitles patients to interpreters if they don\u2019t have a strong grasp of English. KFF Health News correspondent Vanessa G. S\u00e1nchez appeared on WAMU\u2019s \u201cHealth Hub\u201d on July 9 to explain why some Trump administration policies are leaving patients fearful to ask for language services.\u00a0 Patients need to communicate clearly with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":863084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35067,32318,55273],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-863083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-heath","8":"category-interpreter","9":"category-translation"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}