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<section id="gmail-module-position-Qo_3umCi2oQ" class="gmail-storytopbar-bucket gmail-story-headline-module gmail-story-story-headline-module"><h1 class="gmail-asset-headline gmail-speakable-headline">Roberts: English only, amigo. Arizona to make insurance contracts worthless?</h1></section><section id="gmail-module-position-Qo_3umDdH0g" class="gmail-storytopbar-bucket gmail-story-byline-module gmail-story-story-byline-module"><div class="gmail-asset-metabar"><span class="gmail-asset-metabar-author gmail-asset-metabar-item"><a rel="author" href="http://www.azcentral.com/staff/25817/laurie-roberts/">Laurie Roberts</a>, opinion columnist</span><span class="gmail-asset-metabar-time gmail-asset-metabar-item gmail-nobyline">
Published 6:02 a.m. MT Feb. 12, 2018 | <span class="gmail-asset-metabar-time-updated">Updated 7:38 a.m. MT Feb. 12, 2018</span></span></div></section><section id="gmail-module-position-Qo_3umIvhx0" class="gmail-storytopbar-bucket gmail-piano-module gmail-story-piano-module"></section><section id="gmail-module-position-Qo_3umII1Ko" class="gmail-storytopbar-bucket gmail-bounce-exchange-module gmail-story-bounce-exchange-module"></section><section id="gmail-module-position-Qo_3umI24io" class="gmail-storytopbar-bucket gmail-google-survey-module gmail-story-google-survey-module"></section><div class="gmail-asset-double-wide gmail-double-wide gmail-p402_premium"><div id="gmail-module-position-Qo_3u5ZG5KI" class="gmail-story-asset gmail-story-leadin-asset"><h2 class="gmail-lead-in">Laurie
Roberts: The Arizona House has passed a bill that would make insurance
contracts written in languages other than English worthless in a legal
dispute.</h2></div><div id="gmail-module-position-Qo_3u5YWd-8" class="gmail-story-asset gmail-story-metadata-asset"><div class="gmail-article-metadata-wrap"><section id="gmail-module-position-Qo_3u1-kvJs" class="gmail-storymetadata-bucket expandable-photo-module gmail-story-expandable-photo-module"><aside class="gmail-single-photo expandable-collapsed"><div class="gmail-image-wrap"><img class="expand-img-vertical" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/1f3e370f1173db976a5454fdcc4f8b43b09c9c2b/c=11-0-311-400&r=537&c=0-0-534-712/local/-/media/2018/02/09/Phoenix/Phoenix/636537872384910352-David-Livingston.jpg" alt="Arizona bill: Insurance contracts iwritten n Spanish don't count"><span class="gmail-toggle"></span></div><p class="gmail-image-credit-wrap"><span class="gmail-js-caption-wrapper"><span class="gmail-credit">(Photo: handout)</span></span></p></aside></section></div></div><div id="gmail-module-position-Qo_3u5aQkvM" class="gmail-story-asset gmail-inline-share-tools-asset"><div class="gmail-inline-share-tools gmail-asset-inline-share-tools gmail-asset-inline-share-tools-top"><span class="gmail-inline-share-btn gmail-inline-share-btn-facebook"><span class="gmail-inline-share-count gmail-inline-share-count-facebook"></span><span class="gmail-inline-share-btn-label gmail-inline-share-btn-label-facebook">CONNECT</span></span><a class="gmail-inline-share-btn gmail-inline-share-btn-twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A//azc.cc/2nZMOx7&text=Roberts%3A%20English%20only%2C%20amigo.%20Arizona%20to%20make%20insurance%20contracts%20worthless%3F&via=azcentral" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="gmail-inline-share-count gmail-inline-share-count-twitter"></span><span class="gmail-inline-share-btn-label gmail-inline-share-btn-label-twitter">TWEET</span></a><a class="gmail-inline-share-btn gmail-inline-share-btn-linkedin" href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=http%3A//azc.cc/2nZMOx7&mini=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="gmail-inline-share-count gmail-inline-share-count-linkedin"></span><span class="gmail-inline-share-btn-label gmail-inline-share-btn-label-linkedin">LINKEDIN</span></a><span class="gmail-inline-share-btn gmail-inline-share-btn-comments"><span class="gmail-inline-share-count gmail-inline-share-count-comments">
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</span><span class="gmail-inline-share-btn-label gmail-inline-share-btn-label-comments">COMMENT</span></span><span class="gmail-inline-share-btn gmail-inline-share-btn-email"><span class="gmail-inline-share-count gmail-inline-share-count-email"></span><span class="gmail-inline-share-btn-label gmail-inline-share-btn-label-email">EMAIL</span></span><span class="gmail-inline-share-btn gmail-inline-share-btn-more"><span class="gmail-inline-share-count gmail-inline-share-count-more"></span><span class="gmail-inline-share-btn-label gmail-inline-share-btn-label-more">MORE</span></span></div></div><p class="gmail-speakable-p-1 gmail-p-text">Attention: all non-English speakers or those who understand the language but have trouble reading it:</p><p class="gmail-speakable-p-2 gmail-p-text">Does the Arizona Legislature has a deal for you.</p><p class="gmail-p-text">Our leaders want to pave the way so that more insurance companies will offer contracts in Spanish and other languages.</p><h2 class="gmail-presto-h2"><span class="exclude-from-newsgate">Here's the catch</span></h2><p class="gmail-p-text">There is just one teeeeeeny, tiiiiiny catch:</p><p class="gmail-p-text"><a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/457431">House Bill 2083 </a>declares that in the event of a dispute, the English version of the contract is the only one that counts.</p><p class="gmail-p-text">The
one in Spanish that you read and sign – the one you are depending upon
to cover you and your family in the event of an accident or illness or
death?</p><p class="gmail-p-text">Not worth the paper it’s printed on.</p><h2 class="gmail-presto-h2"><span class="exclude-from-newsgate">Insurance policy worthless in dispute </span></h2><p class="gmail-p-text">Rep. David Livingston, R-Peoria and the bill’s sponsor, says it’s all about offering consumers more choices.</p><p class="gmail-p-text">“More
policies will be translated into multiple languages for the benefit of
consumers,” he recently told the House Banking and Insurance Committee.</p><p class="gmail-p-text">Really, it’s about protecting big insurance companies.</p><h2 class="gmail-presto-h2"><span class="exclude-from-newsgate">Protecting insurance companies</span></h2><div id="gmail-module-position-Qo_3u5bE6QQ" class="gmail-story-asset gmail-gallery-asset"><div class="gmail-card-film gmail-inactive"></div><div class="gmail-sidebar-gallery-btn gmail-active"></div></div></div>
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