I didn't have insurance and I didn't qualify for Medi-Cal either So it was a very difficult situation where my parents wanted me to come to Valid Medical
我沒有保險 我也沒有參加加州醫保的資格所以當時的情況很棘手我父母希望我轉到Valid Medical來
And to qualify for this trial But I wasn't able to be admitted because I didn't have the insurance
以獲得參加臨床試驗的資格但我的申請也沒有得到批準因為我沒有保險
Even the insurance I did eventually get was out of the network
即使最終我獲得了保險但也不屬于聯網的保險套餐
But that's one of...that's difficult, but you know that was something that I had to for a while fight with my insurance with and eventually sort of come to some kind of terms
所以我的情況很困難 為了我的保險我著實費了一番勁雖然最終我也有了保險
but I did definitely have that issue where I didn't know if I could even make it to Valid Medical to go through the qualification process
但我確實存在這方面的困境不知道我是否能參加Valid Medical從而獲得參加臨床試驗的資格
In the past year you become quite advocate for spinal cord injury for clinical trials for getting them improved care, for people with disabilities
在過去的一年里你越來越支持脊柱傷治療支持這方面的臨床試驗希望不斷推動這方面的研究改善對殘疾人的關懷工作
So I'm curious if you can talk about that a bit why it is important to you instead of just going back to school and get along with your life that you are such an advocate?
我想知道的是 為什么你認為這樣做很重要而不是回到學校然后繼續你的生活反而成為了這項事業的推崇者?
I had the opportunity to meet with Roman Reed
我有幸遇到了羅曼里德