Interesting. I will say that youre saying the end of the year between the end of the year and the actual election itself as many would hope that this is all done before that. Thank you also very much. Thank you all for joining us. Our special with the 2020 town hall begins now. [ cheers and applause ] good evening and welcome to the cnn democratic president ial town hall equality in america. I want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world from the novo in los angeles. Im dana bash. It has been 50 years since the riots had stonewalled and the riots against Police Oppression that became the Turning Point in
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president to address this cost barrier? so thank you. that was a great question. that is a really great question. and i live in a low-income black and brown community and in fact, when it comes to hiv and aids we see often the communities are most seeing the expansion, the ones that are least able to access a lot of the drugs that can do preventative prep. for me it s unacceptable that companies would profit in this way to prevent life-saving drugs. we will lower prescription drug costs right away by using medicaid and medicare to negotiate down prices and taking patents away from companies that unjustly raise prices and creating a law in this country that you cannot raise the price higher in this country than you re selling in others. prep is so important in this country right now and i ll make sure like gavin newsom did to have it be over the counter