But (and you know where we’re going) Project 2025 wants to get rid of all that by repealing inflation control laws completely, and experts say this move It says it will undoubtedly raise drug prices for people with complex health needs. “This was a long-awaited big victory,” Ducasse said, but added that the proposal, if implemented, would seriously threaten the health and economic security of seniors and people with disabilities. Ta.
For example, if the repeal goes into effect, seniors could have to pay an average of $400 more for their medications in 2025. Meanwhile, people taking oral chemotherapy drugs could see their costs increase by about $7,000 a year, according to a 2024 report. study Published in JAMA network opencompared out-of-pocket costs before and after these caps took effect. Not to mention, those enrolled in this program will no longer receive free vaccines, including those for shingles, respiratory syncytial virus, and influenza. “This is not only bad for the individual, it’s bad for the country as a whole,” Ducasse said.
Gay people may lose many protections, as well as access to gender-affirming care.
If there’s one thing Project 2025 makes very clear, it’s that the queer community is absolutely not welcome in their world. In fact, the first page of the entire agenda equates “transgenderism” with “pornography” invading “school libraries” and then goes on to say that educators and librarians who share that “pornography” ” (again, to clarify, this could include books) simply about being trans) should be registered as a sex offender. And unfortunately, that’s just the tip of a very problematic iceberg.
This agenda requires that the definition of “gender” refer only to “biological sex recognized at birth,” literally assuming that some people in the LGBTQ community don’t even exist. leslie cooperdeputy director of the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project, tells SELF. Similarly, Project 2025 proposes erasing all references to sexuality and gender identity from nearly all federal departments, websites, and policies, including those within antidiscrimination protections. For example, an employer may fire a transgender person simply because they do not want to hire them or because they believe that being transgender is against their religion. , even states that they could simply not hire them.
These effects will extend far beyond the workplace, Cooper said, and will spill over into schools, health care systems and housing applications, “even in what people think are safe blue states.” These policies are clearly harmful. Research shows that discrimination makes gay people more likely to be physically attacked, avoid or postpone seeking medical care, and experience mental health problems.
