AMAC Action applauds Senator Rand Paul’s (KY) call for an investigation into the Biden-Harris administration’s use of billions of taxpayer dollars to offset the increase in Medicare Part D premiums caused by the Inflation Reduction Act. Senator Paul is concerned that the influx of money is a violation of the Hatch Act, which limits the political activities of employees who work with federally funded programs.
Paul contends that since the Inflation Reduction Act is a central theme in the Biden-Harris presidential campaign, a probe of this use of taxpayer funds is warranted.
AMAC Action President Bob Carlstrom agrees with Senator Paul saying, “Kamala Harris cast the deciding vote to pass the deceptively named Inflation Reduction Act which redesigned the Medicare Part D benefit and caused the largest increase in premiums since the program’s inception. Now we see the Biden-Harris administration attempting to fool seniors by spending billions of taxpayer dollars to artificially lower the premium increases facilitated by their own bad law.”
Carlstrom continued, “The timing of this maneuver is also quite dubious. The Biden-Harris administration clearly does not want to shock seniors with higher premiums for their drug benefit as we enter Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period and certainly not before the general election in November.”
The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period begins on October 15 and runs through December 7, 2024.
