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proactive urinary tract health product. you korea is nice to try today at your core.com just. >> minutes from now president joe biden and vice president kamala harris will take the stage together. their first joint appearance since biden dropped out of the presidential they are set to tout what they've done to lower drug crop costs for americans. >> what despite the united front, we're learning that behind the scenes biden still has some complicated feelings about his ouster. you're looking at live images from where they are expected we'll take you there live when it begins but first, we're following breaking news out of los angeles law enforcement is about to give a news conference and for making multiple arrests in connection with the death of actor matthew perry a source telling cnn that these arrests include federal charges for friends actor died in october. an autopsy report blamed the acute effects of ketamine and ruled his death an accident.

cnn chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller is joining us now, as well as defense attorney misty maris marris, i believe they're coming to the podium, so we're keeping our eye on that we're of course going to be hearing from officials, boris, about these charges they look to be there at the microphone. let's let's see what they have to say. >> good morning. my name is martine is strada and the united states attorney based in los angeles we're here. >> today with our law enforcement partners to announce federal criminal charges related to the death of the actor, matthew perry following mr. perry's death in october of last year, law enforcement, my office and our partners represented on this stage began an in-depth, wide ranging investigation. that investigation has revealed a broad underground criminal network responsible for distributing large quantities

of ketamine. to mr. perry and others this network included a living assistant various go-betweens to medical doctors and a major source of drugs supply known as quote, the ketamine queen we charged five defendants in this matter these defendants took advantage of mr. perry's addiction issues to enrich themselves they knew what they were doing was wrong. they knew what they were doing was risking great danger to mr. perry. but they did it anyways in the end these defendants were more interested in profiting off mr. perry then carrying for his well-being i'm going to talk about the indictment, the allegations, and the charges in more detail on october 28, 2023, mr. perry was found deceased in his home an autopsy was conducted

following his death that autopsy showed that he had died due to the acute effects of ketamine can mean is a controlled substance it has some legitimate uses, but it is also used illegally it is used by people seeking to disassociate from reality it can cause serious health effects serious health problems including loss of consciousness, including spikes in blood pressure, and including respiratory issues that can deprive the brain of oxygen for that reason, it is, it is a drug that must be administered by medical professionals. and the patient must be monitored closely that did not occur here this investigation focused on who supplied the ketamine to mr. perry as many of you know, mr. perry struggled with addiction in the past not many occasions,

he sought help for his addiction issues. >> the investigation revealed that in the fall of 2023 mr. perry fell back into addiction, and these defendants took advantage to profit for themselves the two lead defendants in this case are defendants, salvador essentia and defendant just been sanya first. i'll talk about defendant placenta the placenta was a medical doctor he worked with another medical doctor, defendant, mark chavez to obtain ketamine he then worked with mr. perry's live in assistant defendant kenneth mahsa to distribute that ketamine to mr. perry over two months from september to october 2023. they distributed approximately 20 vials of ketamine to mr. perry in exchange for $55,000 in cash

defendant placenta saw this as an opportunity to profit off of mr. perry he wrote in a text message in september 2023, quote, i wonder how much this moron will pay he also stated in text messages that he wanted to be mr. perry's sole source of supply. he wrote in a text message that he wanted to be mr. perry's quote, go-to for drugs as a doctor, defendant placenta knew full well, the danger of what he was doing in fact, on one occasion, he injected mr. perry with ketamine and he saw mr. perry freeze up and his blood pressure spike despite that left additional vials of ketamine for defendant iwa mahsa to administer to mr. perry of course, defendant, you will mahsa had no medical training to speak of defendant

placenta knew what he was doing was harming mr. perry he had spoken to another patient in mid-october 2023, and he told that patient that mr. perry was spiraling out of control with his addiction? nonetheless, defendant placenta continued to offer ketamine to mr. perry likewise, defendant sanya, knew what she was doing was harming defendant defendants and also mr. perry she took advantage of mr. perry by selling large amounts of ketamine to mr. perry over a two-week period in october of 2023 she sold approximately 50 vials of ketamine for approximately $11,000 in cash. she worked with a broker, defendant, eric fleming and also the live in assisted defendant. you will mahsa to distribute this ketamine sanya and the broker

defendant fleming, saw this as an opportunity to profit off of mr. perry the text message, the broker wrote, quote, i wouldn't do it. and there wasn't a chance of me making some money for doing this defendant sonya sold the batch of ketamine that resulted in mr. perry's death? on october 20 officers later searched defendant sign is home during that search. they found what amounted to a drug selling importing them they found at vials of ketamine thousands of pills containing methamphetamine cocaine, bottles of xanax, and other illegally obtained prescription drugs and drug selling paraphernalia, including scales and ledgers as i mentioned the defendants in this case knew what they were doing was wrong

when they'd refer to the ketamine, they use coded language. they refer to it using terms such as, dr. pepper are quote, bots are quote cans also defendants placenta and chavez as medical doctors knew full well this was not the proper way to administer ketamine and they even talked about that in their exchanges. and defendants, sanya also knew that she was doing something that caused great risk to mr. perry in fact, during this investigation, we learned that several years before in 2019 defendants sanya had sold ketamine to another customer that person died the same day and a family member of that person sent a message two defendants, sanya, telling her the cause of death was ketamine. nonetheless, defendants sign your continued selling drugs, including ketamine including the ketamine that ultimately killed mr.

perry that other victim was a person named cody mclaurin he died in 2019 as a result of this investigation we have filed a drug distribution charges related to the death of mr. mclaurin after mr. perry died. these defendants tried to cover up what they had done on october 28 after reading these reports of mr. perry's death, defendants sanya or a text message to defend that fleming saying, quote, delete all messages likewise, after mr. perry's death, dependent placenta falsified medical records and notes to try to make it look like what he was doing was legitimate it was not we've filed numerous federal charges against the five defendants. these charges include conspiracy to distribute ketamine

distribution of ketamine resulting in death maintaining drug involved premises for that drug selling, importing them, the defendants sanya had altering and falsifying records related to a federal investigation for those false medical notes and records the defendant placenta, made and multiple other drug trafficking counts of course, the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty the penalties these defendants face are very significant. with regard to defendant placenta. the statutory maximum sentence he faces is 120 years in federal prison with regard to defendants sanya the statutory maximum she faces is life prisoner by filing these extensive and serious charges, we are sending a clear message if you were in the business of selling dangerous drugs, we

will hold you accountable. for the deaths that you cause. this is nothing new for us since 2022, my office has filed over 60 cases against drug dealers who caused the death of another person these cases are known as death, resulting cases they're labor intensive cases and we work with our law enforcement partners including ones represented here today to bring those cases. our office is a national leader in bringing those cases there are very important because every victims live counts if you are in the drug selling business and you're selling dangerous drugs, you're playing roulette with other people's lives just like the five defendants here did. to mr. perry defendants nowadays are on full notice that the products they sell could result in the death of another person therefore, if you're in the drug business and despite these risks, you

continue in the drug business. you are pushed by greed to gamble with other people's lives. be advised we will hold you accountable i want to thank our partners in this case, los angeles police department, the drug enforcement administration, and the us postal inspection service these investigators did a phenomenal job digging into the case, looking at every angle to develop a case, a strong case against not only those who killed mr. perry, but also mr. mclaurin i want to note that these cases are important and will continue to collaborate with our law enforcement partners to bring them to ensure that justice is brought to every victim. and finally, let me thank the prosecutors responsible for the investigation and the prosecution of this case. those are assistant united states attorneys ian yonella and shao han side and now i'd like to introduce chief los angeles

police department, dominic choi all right. good morning. and thank you, martin while it's it's tragedy that brings us all here together. i'm happy to stand here. knowing that these dangerous individuals are no longer on the streets and they won't be able to harm anyone else the longitude los angeles police department. and our partners here today, we're committed to investigating all cases like this. it's regardless of someone's background or socioeconomic status and just with all of our cases this investigation was done impartially we let the facts drive this investigation and those facts lead us to a group of individuals who are responsible for supplying and distributing to mr. perry narcotics that led to his unfortunate and untimely death

the group standing here today it a prime example how our partnerships and our collaboration can yield meaningful results i want to thank lapd or robbery, homicide division, who is standing in the back there. the us attorney and martina strada and his team the dea and her team, as well as the us postal inspection service and their team for for their hard work, diligence, and real patients. now i know people think this took a long time, but there was a lot of work, a lot of investigative strategies that went into this to make sure that there's a solid case and we can proceed to this in the courts our relationship with our federal partners. it helps us ensure that these criminals we'll have meaningful sentences had been example for anyone that is willing to risk or jeopardize distributing and supplying unlawful or narcotics to anyone

and i just really want people to know that that is the message. you cannot get away with this regardless of your background associate economic status, breaking the law is breaking the law and you are dangerous and you are jeopardizing lives so thank you all all my partners for being involved in this and being bringing us to where we are at today and at this time, i'd like to introduce dea administrator anne milgram good morning today, we announced charges brought against five individuals who together are responsible for the death of matthew perry each of the defendants played a key role in his death. >> they falsely prescribed, sold, or injected the ketamine that caused matthew perry's tragic death in the united states. >> most forms of ketamine are only approved by the food and drug administration for

anesthesia a nasal. spray version is approved for treatment of depression, but only in a certified medical setting. here. matthew perry sought treatment for depression and anxiety and went to a local clinic where he became addicted to intravenous ketamine when clinic doctors refused to increase his dosage he turned to unscrupulous doctors who saw perry as a way to make quick money. dr. placenta cia, and dr. chavez violated the oath they took to care for their patients instead of do no harm. they did harm so that they could make more money without performing any medical evaluation or monitoring. they supplied matthew perry with large amounts of ketamine exchange for large sums of money charging perry $2,000 for

a vial that cost dr. chavez approximately $12 as matthew perry's ketamine addiction grew he wanted more and he wanted it faster and cheaper that is how he ended up buying from i'm street dealers who sold the ketamine that ultimately led to his death in doing so, he followed the ark that we have tragically seen with many others whose substance use disorder begins in a doctor's office and ends in the street perry turn to a street dealer, eric fleming, who sources ketamine from a drug trafficker known as the ketamine queen jazmine sangha. the ketamine supplied by song. he would ultimately be the dose that took matthew perry's life song. >> he knew that the ketamine shoes clyde could be deadly. since in 2019, she had sold ketamine to cody mic laurie, who died at the age of 33 but

despite this knowledge, she continued to sell ketamine and methamphetamine throughout los angeles we have been listening to law enforcement officials in southern california giving a detailed account of their investigation into the death of matthew perry and how he obtained the illicit drug ketamine that ultimately led to his death. >> they say they uncovered a broad underground criminal network to get ketamine to parry, including two doctors are live in assistant and several others they said that that network took advantage of perry's addiction in order to profit we're going to keep following this story very closely. we're going to sneak in a quick break. we'll get you the latest as soon as we return on cnn cnn is live from chicago as democrats unite to offer their support to a new nominee and her running mate fellow cnn for complete coverage, the democratic national convention monday at seven on cnn, and

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medical doctors and his live in assistant so this is a very familiar scenario and one that took a long time to put together. so from the time of matthew perry's death, in that warm end of the heated pool when he's found face-down, that is what the lapd comes into the picture with a death investigation right? it could be homicide, it could be a suicide, it could be an overdose. they have to work with the la county coroner and put together what happens, then by december, the coroner has done all the toxicology is the la county coroner says, this is the acute effects of ketamine now, they turn it into a different kind of investigation. sure. it's a drug overdose, but who's behind that and remember, we've seen that in cases going all the way back to john belushi or michael jackson, where the people who delta drugs or even prescribe the drugs ended up being held

responsible in those cases to the more recent michael k. williams case, the individual who was a star of the tv show, the wire, where they backtrack from that overdose to figure out where did that substance come from? how did it make it to this person? and did the person who was selling it, distributing it, prescribing it? did they know that this could cause someone's death and act irresponsibly. so you're seeing all those elements come together here from the death investigation, the lapd calls in the dea and they're saying we want to look at prescriptions, but we also want to look at diversion drugs that came into the house that we're not prescribed by medical personnel, drugs that were prescribed at medical personnel and where they prescribed properly. and then you get the postal inspectors who enter the investigation and they're going to bring to it how is this stuff ship shipped? where was it coming from? where does it originate from? was it going through the mails or or through fedex or ups or any other service where they have that special expertise and

jurisdiction and all of that goes into a grand jury. and that grand jury in those prosecutors become a machine. they're generating subpoenas whose phone numbers are connected to who is phone numbers give us all those calls, give us all those text messages. what computers are involved? how about laptops? what about dmz, ims, instant messages text messages, and you heard the us attorney talk about this obstruction of justice piece. where they said messages after perry's death were sent between parties saying delete all your text messages about matthew perry but they are able to go to different servers, go to providers and get all that. this all becomes a very intricate macro mania richer picture that develops and gets clearer until they can go to that grand jury and say, this is all we've learned from that case and get those indictments and they laid that out piece by piece today in a fascinating case. and misty and the tragic

case. absolutely to john's point, misty, there was a moment during the press briefing in which martinez strada, the us attorney in los angeles, actually pointed to specific text messages that were exchanged by the defendants. one of them dr. plus-end cia discussing with dr. chavez how much to charge mr. perry saying, quote, i wonder how much this more on we'll pay. and let's find out the us attorney essentially pointing to that and other details saying that they knew that this was going to cause harm, but they wanted to essentially gauge him, grabbed money from him, misty yeah, absolutely. >> what a breach of trust by doctors who are in a unique position to understand the import of matthew perry's situation and the fact that he had struggled with drug addiction, but taking that the next level to the legal level in john laid everything out perfectly with respect to the

investigation. but the reason why we're hearing so much about those text messages and how this case was put together. is that the charges are based in conspiracy conspiracy means in meeting of the minds, an agreement between the individuals to partake in this drug rang and the second piece of that, which is why it's so pertinent, specifically to who the two the representatives today hold the mastermind of the scheme, the primary defendants, the reason that's so important is were they were likely to result in matthew perry's death and all of that information that he electronic footprint those text messages, the ax to cover up the crime and the cover-up all of that is weaved together in order to support that theory of a conspiracy, which is the umbrella under which all of the defense and it's are being charged. so the reason that we're seeing all of that in

these indictments is that it speaks specifically to the critical elements that prosecutors need to prove in order to establish these conspiracy conspiracy prosecution so this was really an intricate investigation i'm not surprised to see federal charges here when we first learned of the investigation and that the dea and post office was involved in indicated that this was a more wide spread drug ring rather than something that was localized. so we may find there's more to come as this case unfolds, but shocking in allegations here in this indictment shocking and as the chief of lapd said it is a hopeful day for the citizens of southern california and that these folks are now being prosecuted. >> but nevertheless, it began but the tragedy, misty marris, john miller. thank you both as we noted at the top of the hour, we're awaiting a joint event with president biden and vice president kamala harris first, these are live images

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maryland and governor wes moore and we should see them very soon. >> yeah, we are expecting to see the vice president kamala harris soon after more, they're expected to talk about what they've done to lower costs for americans. of course, we'll bring you these remarks as they happen. right now. let's chat with our panel of experts, kate bedingfield is with us. she's a cnn political commentator and former for biden white house communications director. kate great to see you as always, we actually just heard from president biden as he was departing the white house on his way to this event, i want you to listen to this soundbite how much farther light and vice president harris might food for political reasons distance herself from your economic he's not i'm not sure how will you heard the question there, but it was essentially about will camila harris distance herself from president biden when it comes to his economic policies, president's answer, there was no i'm

wondering whether you think that's realistic given that polling has shown that the economy had been something of a weak point for the biden administration up to this point well, i expect what she'll do is talk about the economy deliver her economic message in her own voice, which is what she should do. so, in some ways, i think it will sound fresh to voters just because it will be delivered by her. it will be informed by her own experiences growing up, by her work in public office, even before she was vice president. so i think i would imagine that it's less about distancing herself from the substance of what xi and president biden have achieved in the white house because they have quite a bit to be proud of and quite a bit that frankly, polls quite well with bipart, with bipartisan groups of voters, including things like capping insulin costs including things like tackling junk fees mean those are tangible cost issues that have made a difference in people's lives. so i would imagine that as her campaign is

thinking about how to define her and as we move into the speech that she's going to deliver tomorrow where she's going to lay out her economic agenda and reinforce a lot of her economic message that what we're going to hear from her is going to be more about period and her voice and delivering her message than it is about distancing herself substantively from the things that she's accomplished in the white house and we have joining us now also here at the table, jasmine wright, a political reporter for notice and erin perrine, who's a republican strategist for axiom strategies and former press communications director for the trump 2020 campaign. >> high to both of you. jasmine, i know you've covered vice president harris for a long time. i'm she had to walk a very fine line in the leadup to biden getting out of this race and had to be seen and had to act very loyal to him. now, she's in also another delicate position, which is, as we just saw she wants to start being her own person while also continuing to serve as his vice president. how is she navigating this? >> i think you laid that out completely because this is a vice president who for the last three years in office, has

wanted to be a loyal number two, to biden really tried thank you for to fight the biden ministrations positions, even when they were unpopular. but i think that the gift for her now is that she is not necessarily tied to all the negativity that biden face when he was still at the top of typic top of the ticket, particularly on the economy. and so i think kate is right, you're going to hear talking about her own economy in her own experiences. something that we know that people have responded to the vice president is that even if her and biden were to say the same thing, they hear it differently when it comes from the vice president because of who she is and what she stands for. so you're going to hear a talk about it on her own. you're also going to hear her lean into the care economy? yes, we're going to hear about price gouging yes, we're going to hear about lowering costs on health care and all these other types of where you're going to hear a talk about things that are in that care economy round because those are things that are very personal those are the things that she cares about and she has talked about not just since becoming vice president, but also in her first run in 2019 and erin, this is one of a couple of events this week.

>> for the vice president who i think is going to take the stage pretty soon again, we'll bring you her remarks as they come tomorrow. she's going to north carolina to give a speech on the economy where president trump was yesterday, notably both in north carolina, both of them talking about the economy. the former president yesterday, part of his speech was about the economy, part of it was about a host of other things. how important is it for his campaign to try to define vice president harris on the economy before she has the opportunity to it's pretty critical. the economy still remains one of the top issues for voters of every demographic. this really matters to them because it matters to them personally, to your point about care economy. it's about the price is going up, it's about groceries feeling more expensive. i was listening this morning to one woman who was saying chips are now a luxury item for her when it comes to grocery shopping just because of how costs have gone up. so it's really important. yes, commas go vice president harris is going to try and separate herself from joe biden, but the goal here for republicans is they need to

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cooper 360 tonight at 8:00 on cnn back to breaking news. we are monitoring this age and upper marlboro, maryland, where president biden and vice president kamala harris are set to take the stage in just moments their first joint event since president biden ended his bid for the white house is 2024, bid for the white house. we just got word that the vice president is set to speak within the next couple of minutes. but quickly i want to get back to our panel and go to kate bedingfield because kate, there is some reporting out there that president biden is smarting over the way that democrats, like former house speaker nancy pelosi got involved in, let's say, orchestrating a smooth exit for him from the presidential campaign, or nudging him to get out of the presidential campaign? i'm wondering how you read that reporting, how you interpret the way that that's being received yeah. >> well, i worked for joe biden

for a long time and one of the things that he would always say is that you wouldn't necessarily know he was irish because he doesn't hold a grudge. >> and it's true. he really doesn't. he has an incredible capacity cassidy to kind work with people, have disagreements, have even really intense disagreements and then continue to move forward. and so i imagine that's what he's doing here. look, was this a difficult and challenging thing for him? of course it was his human. but the idea that he is sort of sitting around thinking about how he was wronged by people. he's worked with for a very long time. that's not the joe biden. i know and i imagine even if he is feeling frustrated, are feeling emotion around everything that transpired over the last month. again, i think that's a human response. i don't know him to be somebody who you know, who would be sitting around stewing on it because also remember he is still the president of the united states. he has an enormous amount on his plate, enormous amount of work that he's doing. and the joe biden, i know is somebody who is focused on that and erin, i'm

so interested to see the two of them take it out here. they come let's take let's watch them walk out together

please it's good to see so many friends. it is good to see so many friends and i want to thank thank you i thank you. >> and let's please thank i love thank you. >> thank you. >> and i know we all thank judy for sharing her story. >> i think we all know it takes a very special person who has dedicated over 40 years of their lives to do the work that judy has done as a nurse, that work being what to care about other people in a way that is about lifting them up and caring about their well-being. so judy, week. thank you so very much for being here i want

to recognize the incredible governor wes moore and it with i'm so thankful to you for all that you do in service to our nation in so many different ways and your friendship. but in particular to share such a personal story as you have. and i know it takes a lot out of you to share that storing. but to do it in a way that is about lifting up other people in helping hopefully others who are not in this room understanding how real people are impacted every day. about this issue by this i want to recognize that people have our

administration, including secretary becerra, who is here the administrator brooks less my dear friend and former colleague senator ben cardin representative barragan the chair of the congressional hispanic caucus representative, them fully for all and i want to recognize your next united states senator i've worked with her over the years. i'm telling you maryland, you're going to do a great thing when you sent her to the united states and of course, i could speak all afternoon about the

person that i am standing on this stage john he's going to speak in a minute, but there is a lot love it is president and

i think it's for many, many reasons, including few liters and our nation have done more on so many issues, including to expand access to affordable health care like vengeful and today we take the next step thank you, joe. forward in our fight so here we believe deeply, every senior in our nation should be able to live with security, stability, and dignity and so in the united states of america, no seniors should have to choose between either filling their

prescription or paying their rent. >> that's the subject of today. because we know for far too long, far too many of our seniors have struggled to afford their medication and as a result, seniors have been forced to spend they're time trying to figure out how they are going to be able to fill a prescription like insulin based on the doctor's prescription, which is about saving their life or whether they'd have to ration their pills to be able to make it stretch through a month and why we all know. but let's ask why are why are prescription drugs so expensive? >> i will tell you well, one big reason is for years big pharma has often inflated the price of life-saving medications often charging many

times, what it would cost to make just to increase their profits and millions of americans have suffered as a result my entire career, i have worked to hold bad actors accountable and lower the cost of prescription drugs as attorney general of california, i took on pharmaceutical companies for deceptive marketing and they illegally inflating the cost of drugs and we want billions of dollars as the united states senator, i fought to pass laws that would make health care more affordable and accessible for all americans. and as vice president together with joe biden, our president wave finally he's dressed the long-standing issue that three years was one of the biggest challenges on this subject, which was that medicare was prohibited by law from

negotiating lower drug prices and those costs then got passed on to our seniors but not anymore two years ago we gave medicare the power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices for the first time in history and here is why that matters. it is nearly impossible for a patient to negotiate lower prices by themselves. just think about that. somebody who needs the medication, who may be suffering from a serious illness that they would buy themselves, be able to negotiate against a big drug company to lower that price is virtually impossible. it's one person against a huge corporation but medicare represents more than 65 million people and so medicare has collective bargaining power now medicare can use that power to

go toe to toe with big pharma and negotiate lower drug prices thank, you, joe this is the benefit of not only tens of millions of people on medicare, but also millions of americans on medicare who have long-term disability and understand as a result of our negotiations, the government will also pay less. >> then for prescription drugs and think about what that means in terms of paying, helping taxpayers saved money whether or not they take these medications. so all of this is to say two years ago as vice president, i was proud to cast the tie-breaking vote that sent

that gave medicare the power to negotiate and let it get to the president's desk. and i was proud when our president, joe biden signed that bill into law two years since we've been using this new power to lower the price of life-saving medications. and now to announce the results of those negotiations it is my eternal and great, great, great honor. i have to tell you to serve with this most extraordinary human being, an american and leave our president so thank

you. >> camila love you guys have been waiting for this moment for a long, long time first time i sponsored a bill. but medicare negotiate the prices of drugs it was in 1973 is a freshman senator with a guy named frank church the state of idaho folks i've been incredible partner the progress we've made she's going to make one hell of a president judy thank you for sharing your

story rather one for far too many americans people like my dad used to live bet at night when they get losses insurance at the company he worked for stared at the ceiling literally, you all experience, you've know people have experiences wondering what in god's name happened? >> if my wife gets breast cancer or phi gets sick or my children get seriously ill. what happens? >> what god's name? how can we pay for the drugs, prescription drugs? >> i'm serious. these are just discussions you know it. we do have enough insurance three afford to medical bills lot to sell the house and got a second mortgage 30 discussions that took place in my house. and your house? >> camila, i both get it you know, it isn't just about health care it's about your dignity about your dignity about peace of mind