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
我没有保险 我也没有参加加州医保的资格所以当时的情况很棘手我父母希望我转到Valid Medical来
And to qualify for this trial But I wasn't able to be admitted because I didn't have the insurance
以获得参加临床试验的资格但我的申请也没有得到批准因为我没有保险
Even the insurance I did eventually get was out of the network
即使最终我获得了保险但也不属于联网的保险套餐
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
所以我的情况很困难 为了我的保险我着实费了一番劲虽然最终我也有了保险
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
但我确实存在这方面的困境不知道我是否能参加Valid Medical从而获得参加临床试验的资格
In the past year you become quite advocate for spinal cord injury for clinical trials for getting them improved care, for people with disabilities
在过去的一年里你越来越支持脊柱伤治疗支持这方面的临床试验希望不断推动这方面的研究改善对残疾人的关怀工作
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 为什么你认为这样做很重要而不是回到学校然后继续你的生活反而成为了这项事业的推崇者?
I had the opportunity to meet with Roman Reed
我有幸遇到了罗曼里德