Google is helping to fund the group that's trying to kill Obamacare in the Supreme Court
Source: PandoDaily
... Obamacare is still under attack — just one pending Supreme Court ruling away from being almost completely dismantled, a decision that could put millions back in the ranks of the uninsured. What’s less well known is that the think tank pushing for the death of Obamacare is partly funded by… Google.
Earlier this month, the New York Times reported on this “obscure think tank” — the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) — and its central role in trying to kill Obamacare.
... But, while the Times did mention that the CEI is largely bankrolled by the Koch brothers, it didn’t dig into some of the group’s smaller funders. Funders including Silicon Valley giants like Google and Facebook. Could there be a clearer antithesis to the valley mantra of “Don’t Be Evil” than an organization which exists to deny 7.5m people access to basic health insurance?
... But as CEI has moved from climate change denial to healthcare denial, Google appears to have stayed along for the ride. The $50,000 Google grant to the CEI is the only payment that has been publicly itemized. But, according to the search engine giant’s public policy “transparency reports” pages, Google has been funding the Competitive Enterprise Institute for at least the past five years.
Read more: http://pando.com/2015/03/18/google-is-helping-to-fund-the-group-thats-trying-to-kill-obamacare-in-the-supreme-court/
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It's messed up how much negative energy is out there fighting the progress that's been made.
