<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear Members of lgpolicy-list:<br><br></div>Some time ago I mentioned in a message to the list that I had received a list<br></div>of languages that could be used to access help for US recipients of health care. I am not clear whether this is something put out by the US Department of Health and Human Services, or if it is something private--it is not clear to me who<br></div>sent out this list. What is interesting is how many languages are listed, each with a 2-line statement about how to phone for help. Presumably there will be speakers of those languages at the other end.<br><br></div>What is interesting to me is what the language policy is: who decided which language (altogether around 60) would be listed, and which would not. As I<br></div>mentioned earlier, one can call both for Deitsch and for Deutsch, and there are many languages I don't recognize, mostly because the message is written <br></div>in a special script peculiar to that language.<br><br></div>I don't want to burden any of you by attaching copies of these documents, so<br></div>if this topic interests you, please let me know and I'll forward the 3 pages. I <br></div>scanned them today and the outcome was not beautiful, but beauty is not<br></div>what we're interested in here.<br><br></div>Best,<br><br></div>HFS<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>