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5. The principal funder of this "reform" measure is Kent Thiry, the rich former CEO of DaVita,

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Fri Nov 1, 2024, 10:52 PM

Nov 1

Colorado’s largest kidney care company from 1999 to 2019,

"In 2015, Thiry’s dialysis company, DaVita, paid $495 million in a whistleblower settlement where the company was accused of defrauding the federal Medicare program. The suit was filed in 2011 when Dr. Alon J. Vainer and Nurse Daniel D. Barbir noticed that DaVita was throwing out medicine that was still usable and billing Medicare and Medicaid for it."

"Until 2017, Thiry was a registered Republican, he gave financial contributions to the presidential campaigns of Republican candidates such as Mitt Romney and John McCain along with state and federal candidates from either party."

https://yellowscene.com/2024/03/29/kent-thiry-democracy-defender-or-real-life-monopoly-man/

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At $14 million and counting, election reform measure is one of Colorado's most expensive ever [View all] RandySF Oct 2024 OP

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