Stick to Your Knitting

My Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks told a whopper in her August 18 newsletter to constituents.

“Since the Biden-Harris Administration took office, Medicare Part D premiums have skyrocketed, increasing by 57%,” Miller-Meeks wrote. I am on Medicare Part D drug coverage, so I pulled out my records. They show a much different story.

In 2021, the year Biden took office, my monthly premium for Part D was $15.50. In 2022, it was $10.50; in 2023, $7.50; and this year the monthly premium is $0.50 per month. The last is not a typo. I called the insurance company to make sure they did not make a mistake. They told me they didn’t. In addition, the coverage has gotten better.

These are not skyrocketing prices, in fact they are the opposite. I don’t know where the Congresswoman got her information but she should stop listening to those people and focus on real problems. Where I come from we call that sticking to one’s knitting.

I understand the Congresswoman is not a fan of the Biden administration. However, using her official newsletter to promote blatant falsehoods should be out of bounds for her or for any public official.

We can do better by electing Christina Bohannan to replace Miller-Meeks in the First Congressional District on Nov. 5.

~ A version of this letter was published in the Cedar Rapids Gazette on Aug. 22, 2024.