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Andy Kim

@AndyKimNJ

Oct 1, 2021 • 11 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X

A mysterious group called Healthy Future LLC is spending a ton of money spreading lies that I want to cut Medicare. Who are they? I looked up their address in Stafford VA and found this storefront in a strip mall. Hmmm...Let me tell a story of dark money and lies. THREAD

A Healthy Future is blasting ads and stuffing mailboxes and inboxes with lies. What I am actually trying to do is lower drug prices through negotiation, set out of pocket maximums, and give everyone on Medicare vision hearing dental coverage. We are strengthening Medicare. 2/11

So why is this group not talking truthfully about efforts to lower drug costs and instead lying about cutting medicare? The answer is that efforts to lower drug costs are very popular with Americans, and they know that. See new poll today ⬇️3/11
politico.com/news/2021/10/0…

So who is this group spending millions spewing lies? I went to A Healthy Future’s website to try and figure out who they are. They seem really friendly with a picture of a loving family. They have no info at all. Not a phone # or email. It’s literally just a homepage. hmm… 4/11

I searched for the LLC filing and found a filing in Ohio by an attorney James G Ryan. Not much there but found some additional information that this one attorney was also flagged as having established several other dark money groups. 5/11
documentcloud.org/documents/5775…

We don’t know who runs or funds A Healthy Future. I think the logical guess is Pharma, but it is absurd and cowardice that groups can spend millions with no accountability/transparency. Can’t have a political debate if other side is hiding. 6/11
nj.com/opinion/2021/0…

This outside money isn’t new, it just has a bigger influence that’s marked by a much bigger price tag. Dark money spending increased from $749M in 1990 to $3.3 Billion in 2020. 7/11 opensecrets.org/outsidespendin…

@OpenSecretsDC

Not only is spending exploding, but transparency is way down. Before Citizens United decision in the Supreme Court, 80% of outside spending was disclosed. In 2018 it was only 53% (@OpenSecretsDC). Outside groups have spent $7.3B to influence elections since 2010. 8/11

@StopBigMoney

I ran for Congress in 2018 to get govt back to working for the people, not big corporations or dark money interests. I want to show people that we can disagree with decency and civility and still remain united as a nation. @StopBigMoney @usapromise 9/11 nj.com/opinion/2021/0…

To A Healthy Future and its backers, since I can’t seem to find a phone number to call you, I want you to know that your lies and gross tactics to deceive only strengthen my resolve to protect Medicare and stand up for our Seniors and others who are asking for fairness. 10/11

And know that there are many Americans that feel the same way as I do about stopping dark money and lowering drug costs. There is a legitimate debate that can be had about how we do this. So get out of the shadows and let’s talk. Oh yeah, and stop lying to my constituents. END

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