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Consumer Watchdog Campaign
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| Consumer Watchdog Campaign | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Sacramento, California |
| Type: | Ballot Measure Committee |
| Affiliation: | Consumer Watchdog |
| Top official: | Jamie Court |
| Website: | Official website |
The Consumer Watchdog Campaign (CWC) was also known as the Consumer Watchdog Campaign - Yes on 61, Major Funding by Yes on Prop 61, Californians for Lower Drug Prices, with Major Funding by AIDS Healthcare Foundation and California Nurses Association PAC, a ballot measure committee. As of 2019, CWC was based in Sacramento, California. The CWC was part of the 501(c)(3) consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog.
The group supported California's 2016 proposition 61, which proposed to regulate drug prices by requiring state agencies to pay the same prices that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pays for prescription drugs.[1] The measure was defeated.
Background
- See also: Consumer Watchdog
As of 2016, Consumer Watchdog Campaign - Yes on 61, Major Funding by Yes on Prop 61, Californians for Lower Drug Prices, with Major Funding by AIDS Healthcare Foundation and California Nurses Association PAC (CWC) was a ballot measure committee founded by the 501(c)(3) consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog. According to documents filed with the state of California, the group's principal officer was Jamie Court. Court was the president and chairman of Consumer Watchdog, which is "dedicated to providing an effective voice for taxpayers and consumers in an era when special interests dominate public discourse, government, and politics."[2][3][4] Carmen Balber, Consumer Watchdog's executive director, was listed as the committee's treasurer.[3][4]
Political activity
Ballot measure activity
2016 activity
In 2016, the CWC was advocating for the passage of California's Drug Price Standards proposition, which proposed to regulate drug prices by requiring state agencies to pay the same prices that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pays for prescription drugs. The measure appeared on the ballot on November 8, 2016.[1]
Californians for Lower Drug Prices (also known as Yes on Prop 61, Californians for Lower Drug Prices, with Major Funding by Aids Healthcare Foundation and California Nurses Association PAC), according to filings, had contributed $75,000 to CWC since January 2016 and is major backer for CWC.[5]
Overview of ballot measure support and opposition
The following table details Consumer Watchdog Campaign's ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure support and opposition for Consumer Watchdog Campaign | |||
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| Ballot measure | Year | Position | Status |
| California Proposition 61, Drug Price Standards (2016) | 2016 | Supported |  Defeated
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Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 CA SOS, "Proposition 61 - State Prescription Drug Purchases. Pricing Standards. Initiative Statute.," accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ Consumer Watchdog, "About," accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Consumer Watchdog, "Our Team," accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CA SOS, "Statement of Organization, Consumer Watchdog Campaign - Yes on 61, Major Funding by Yes on Prop 61, Californians for Lower Drug Prices, with Major Funding by AIDS Healthcare Foundation and California Nurses Association PAC," accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ CA SOS, "Recipient Committee Campaign Statement, CWC," accessed October 5, 2016
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