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Jovan's Chemo Day
Jovan Rodriguez had no insurance and no savings when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.
He's one of the young people referred to by some as the Young Invincibles—those who fall in the 19-29 age bracket and make up the largest group of uninsured in the country—and he appears in our segment on the Young and Uninsured.
But Jovan didn't take the news passively. Instead, he eventually managed to secure coverage through Medi-Cal, which normally only applies to those under 21 or over 65.
And he created a video documentary of his treatment, hoping to leave some kind of record in case it didn't go so well. This video is a condensed version of video taken during his last day of chemotherapy, and it's not for the queasy.