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

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/08/23/colorados-campaign-finance-bullies-threaten-free-speech/

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Health Care Industry Moves Swiftly to Stop Colorado’s “Single Payer” Ballot Measure

By Lee Fang  |  Apr. 22 2016

https://theintercept.com/2016/04/22/colorad-single-payer/

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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

http://www.coloradocare.org/posts/coloradans-coloradans-funding-neither-coloradans-opposition-group-99-bankrolled-big-money-corporations-insurance-industry/

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

Director of Communications at ColoradoCare

Owen@ColoradoCare.org

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

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Kaiser Permanente Financial Servcices

California

 $500,000

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Who are these supposed Coloradans for Coloradans?

I've notice that even the notorious climate science denial Chicago PR firm Heartland Institute has gotten into the act of bashing Amendment 69.  In response I thought I'd share this bit of information about who's funding the massive advertisement flood in Colorado. 

"Coloradans for Coloradans" Funding Neither For Nor By Coloradans

POSTED BY NATHAN WILKES ON MAY 04, 2016

http://www.healthcareforallcolorado.org/c4c_funding

Opposition Group 99% Bankrolled by Big Money from Corporations, Insurance Industry

Denver, CO - The first campaign finance reports of the election year drew a stark contrast between the "people over profits" campaign in support of ColoradoCare, Amendment 69, and the corporate insurance industry interests that are lining up to defeat it. 

If contributions equated to votes, Amendment 69 would pass with 98.64% of the vote, based on the campaign finance reporting of ColoradoCareYES and the opposition group Coloradans for Coloradans.  Of the 1,108 contributions both campaigns received from registered voters in Colorado, 1,093 of them were in support of ColoradoCareYES as opposed to 15 for the opposition.

"Unfortunately for the inaptly named Coloradans for Coloradans, their fundraising reflects the character of the corporate insurance industry whose grip on health care they are trying to defend," said Owen Perkins, Director of Communications for ColoradoCare.  "To preserve a status quo that puts profits first and prioritizes eight-figure CEO salaries over the well-being of patients, Coloradans for Coloradans collected 99.85% of their funds from corporations."

Industry giants like the Ohio-based Anthem contributed up to a half a million dollars apiece to protect their interests and defeat Amendment 69, while actual individuals accounted for only $1,640 raised.

By contrast, 99.75% of ColoradoCareYES's contributions were from individuals, with 94% of the money raised coming from within Colorado.