The Washington State Patrol has arrested an Everett woman suspected of using another woman's identity to get medical care and prescription drugs.

The 48-year-old woman was booked into the Snohomish County Jail just before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday for investigation of seven counts of first-degree theft, two counts of second-degree theft, six counts of forgery, first-degree identity theft and drug violations.

I had a friend who is a teacher in a Phoenix area elementary school ask me a question that I could not answer regarding medical care for some one in the US illegally. My friend has a student who is 8 years old. Her student and her parents are here in the US illegally. My friend got very emotional as she described having to watch her student suffer from a kidney disease and her parents were too afraid to seek any medical help because they were too afraid to be turned in. I almost broke down in tears hearing this terrible story.

I had a friend who is a teacher in a Phoenix area elementary school ask me a question that I could not answer regarding medical care for some one in the US illegally. My friend has a student who is 8 years old. Her student and her parents are here in the US illegally. My friend got very emotional as she described having to watch her student suffer from a kidney disease and her parents were too afraid to seek any medical help because they were too afraid to be turned in. I almost broke down in tears hearing this terrible story.

(HealthDay News) -- Patients in the United States who speak little or no English are less likely to receive all recommended health care services than English-speaking patients, a new report finds.

Non-English speakers are also less likely to have received documentation that provides informed consent before they undergo invasive procedures, according to studies published in a special supplement of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Another study found that one in five hospital staff interpreters don't have competent bilingual skills.