Swiss Deaf Federation says St. Gallen interpreter-cost rule discriminates against Deaf people

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The Swiss Federation of the Deaf criticized the St. Gallen cantonal parliament for shifting sign language interpreting costs onto patients in its revised health law, calling it discrimination against Deaf people and a breach of the constitution.

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