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Emails and calls have been rolling into the Third Way offices ever since word leaked that they plan to undermine President Obama's #1 domestic priority -- a public health care option that 73% of voters support. I also know for a fact that some big funders are not happy with Third Way. It turns out that Third Way President Jon Cowan hiring two insurance-industry hacks to write his health care policy while claiming to run a progressive think tank is not a good thing...who could have guessed? And every day, more people are joining the DEFUND THIRD WAY campaign that will launch if Third Way follows through on their leaked plan. Let's keep the pressure up by emailing them...but with a twist. Let's pose the obvious question: Who supports Third Way? On the policy front, who do they think supports undermining the Obama public option? And financially, who supports Third Way? Since their motives are so obviously in doubt, let's challenge them to make details about their funders public. Specifically, let's dare Third Way to state publicly, "No insurance interests fund our organization" and to release a breakdown of what type of groups or individuals do. Email them today:  Jonathan Cowan, President (photo)
Matt Bennett, VP for Public Affairs
Jim Kessler, VP for Policy
David Kendall, Senior Fellow for Health Policy
Anne Kim, Economic Program Director
jcowan@thirdway.org, mbennett@thirdway.org, jkessler@thirdway.org, dkendall@thirdway.org, akim@thirdway.org
Or, drop them a line and say hello: 202-775-3768
I can tell you who does NOT support Third Way...the public. Comments have been rolling in from Texas, Georgia, Utah, Nebraska, California, Wisconsin, Vermont, Colorado, and the list goes on and on. Their message to Third Way: Don't you dare undermine the public option. Or we will work to defund you. Here is just a sampling of folks who joined the DEFUND THIRD WAY campaign...
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