Led by MAGA Trump consultants, the No on 34 campaign is making calls to California voters distorting the Vice President’s record
Yes on 34 calls on opponents to immediately return money raised on lying about Harris’s record
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 23, 2024
Contact: Nathan Click, nathan@click-comms.com
On the night that Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for president, the Trump consultants driving the No on 34 campaign tried to distort her record to line their own pockets.
In their latest dirty trick, the No on 34 campaign deployed “volunteers” to call California voters, and lie about Kamala Harris’s record on Proposition 34, the measure that would crack down on corporate misuse of health care funds.
The caller said that Harris and the Democratic Party are opposed to Proposition 34 – claims that are categorically untrue. These lies are being used by corporate healthcare CEOs to hide the truth – that they are diverting millions of dollars meant for patient care to spend however they see fit.
The Yes on 34 campaign, backed by patients rights groups, firefighters and LGBTQ leaders immediately called on the No on 34 campaign to stop their dirty tricks, end these calls immediately and return every dollar raised by spreading these lies.
The Yes on 34 campaign is pursuing legal action as the investigation into these fraudulent calls continues.
STOP HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS’ FINANCIAL ABUSE IN CALIFORNIA
Prop 34 stops egregious financial abuse of the 340B taxpayer-funded drug discount program in California.
Over 30 years ago, the federal government began offering discounted prescription drugs and other treatments to uninsured and low-income patients. However, a few bad actor healthcare organizations have used a legal loophole to game the system and divert money from the drug discount program to pet projects that have done nothing to benefit patients: wasting money on renting out football stadiums to put on private concerts, giving their executives multimillion dollar salaries, paying for naming rights on sports stadiums, spending millions on lobbying and dumping millions more into political campaigns.
Worse yet, these same entities that get billions in taxpayer dollars have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on housing projects that are often run like slums. An LA Times investigation found that residents at several of these housing projects were forced to live in squalid conditions, exposed to roach and bed bug infestations, putting the health and safety of tenants at risk.
Prop 34 will prevent this abuse from occurring in California and requires discount drug program dollars generated in California to be used for their intended purpose: helping patients.
PROP 34 HOLDS BAD ACTORS ACCOUNTABLE
Prop 34 also holds violators accountable. Healthcare organizations that break the rules and misuse these taxpayer dollars must either recommit to spending on direct patient care or risk losing their California tax-exempt status and professional licenses.
Prop 34 is targeted at those bad actors who have continually abused the system to pocket billions of taxpayer dollars for their own use. That’s why it is supported by a wide coalition, including organizations that advocate to help patients, and leaders in the LGBTQ community. Those supporting Prop. 34 include the California Chronic Care Coalition, the ALS Association, the Defeating Epilepsy Foundation, California Senior Alliance and the Community Access National Network.
It’s time to close the corporate loophole that allows wealthy pharmacy corporations to divert money meant to help patients. Protect Patients Now. Vote Yes on Prop 34.