LOS ANGELES, Nov.

By Rebecca Vesely, STAFF WRITER Saying non-English-speaking patients don't have equal access to medical care, state health officials announced that all health plans must provide care in the patient's primary language -- the first such regulation in the country.

By Rebecca Vesely, STAFF WRITER Saying non-English-speaking patients do not have equal access to medical care, state health officials announced Thursday that all health plans must provide care in the patient's primary language -- the first such regulation in the country.