Monday, October 10, 2016

Coloradan$ for Coloradans - Who’$ your $ugar Daddy?

Here's a look at who's providing the financial might to "ColoradansForColoradans" for their massive campaign of misleading ads attacking Amendment 69.
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Colorado’s campaign-finance bullies threaten free speech
By Paul Sherman | August 23, 2016

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Health Care Industry Moves Swiftly to Stop Colorado’s “Single Payer” Ballot Measure
By Lee Fang  |  Apr. 22 2016

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“Coloradans for Coloradans” Funding is Neither For Nor By Coloradans. Opposition Group 99% Bankrolled by Big Money from Corporations, Insurance Industry.
by Owen Perkins | May 4, 2016 | Blog Posts

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I tip my hat to Owen Perkins for providing the following information.

Director of Communications at ColoradoCare

Here are a few figures (note the difference between "funds" and "donations"
as of October 3rd:

opposition has 393 donations
opposition average donation is $11,429.08
98% of opposition funds are from corporations
43% of opposition funds are from Colorado

ColoradoCareYES has 3,942 donations
our average donation is $87.13
99.6% of our donations are from individuals
89% of our funds come from Colorado

Top 10 opposition funders:

Anthem
Ohio
 $1,000,000
5.16.16

Kaiser Permanente Financial Servcices
California
 $500,000
5.12.16

United Healthcare Services
Connecticut
 $450,000
5.25.16

Healthone Systems Support
Tennessee 
 $250,000
7.11.16

Centura Health
Colorado
 $250,000
6.28.16

Cigna Health
Pennsylvania
 $100,000
5.16.16

PHRMA
Washington DC
 $100,000
5.6.16

Mountain West Series of Lockton Companies
Colorado
 $100,000
5.19.16

SCL Health
Colorado
 $100,000
4.25.16

Colorado Association of Realtors
Colorado
 $100,000
7.15.16

Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Colorado
 $100,000

7.28.16

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