Birash Joash looks away while Aidrielyann, Jacintha, and Michael Joash watch the ambulance take Lorene to the hospital from their home on October 20, 2021. Lorene has had ongoing health issues since the early 2010's. It began with asthma, which she received treatments for, but progressed to the point where she passed out and slipped into a coma during a routine visit with her family in Arkansas. She was comatose for eight months. Then, they found a tumor in her lung. Many Marshallese community members attribute their experiences with cancer to the Cold War-era testing in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Of her experience at the hospitals before Medicare was reinstated, Lorene said that, "they treat me, but not real good because I don't have any insurance." Lorene's daughter, Primrose, believes that the long period of time without Medicare has negatively impacted the health of many in the Marshallese community. "Some of them didn't even go to the hospital because they [were] like, "what [are] they gonna do, just put a Band-Aid on me ... and say 'go home'?"