🗣️5 ways Project 2025 puts profits over patients

Friend, learn how your state will be affected by Project 2025 Problems viewing this email? [View it in your browser]( [Center for American Progress]( InProgress from the Center for American Progress To make sure you never miss an email from us, please add progress@americanprogress.org to your contacts or safe senders list. Thanks for staying connected with us! Project 2025 puts profits over patients. Here’s how. [Volunteers provide medical care to a patient at a clinic ]( Photo credit: Getty Images [Project 2025]( the far-right extremist agenda developed by the Heritage Foundation, would increase the power of corporations at the expense of Americans’ health and well-being. Project 2025 would give more control to health care companies—some of the [most profitable companies]( in the world—while jeopardizing protections that help many patients access and afford the care they need. Project 2025’s agenda would hurt American consumers for decades to come by: - Ending Medicare drug price negotiation and reversing efforts to lower drug costs - Paving the road to fully privatize Medicare by making Medicare Advantage the default for all enrollees - Removing critical consumer protections from nonsubsidized Affordable Care Act marketplace plans - Promoting “junk” insurance plans that expose consumers to financial catastrophe - Enabling corporations to more easily expose Americans to dangerous pollutants and hazards [Keep Reading]( Friend, it’s not only health care Project 2025 and the radical far-right policies it has inspired would disrupt nearly every aspect of American lives—from health care and education access to taxes and retirement security. Check out the Center for American Progress’ fact sheets to see how this agenda would affect people in states across the country. [Find Your State]( Ask us anything about Project 2025 Does this leave you with even more questions about Project 2025? CAP’s policy experts are committed to breaking down how this radical, far-right agenda will harm all Americans if it becomes reality. As CAP continues its dedicated reporting on Project 2025, we invite you to [ask us any outstanding questions]( you may have. [Ask Us About Project 2025]( NEW: Tracking student loan debt relief under the Biden-Harris administration Since taking office, the Biden-Harris administration has delivered historic levels of student loan debt relief: almost $170 billion to 4.76 million borrowers. [We visualized what that looks like.]( [A chart shows the volume of student loan debt relief delivered by the Biden-Harris administration from March 2021 to September 2024]( These relief measures deliver on promises made to borrowers under existing programs and help ensure that higher education remains an equitable pathway toward economic mobility. With these changes, those ​​who were poorly served by the higher education and student loan repayment systems do not continue to suffer the financial consequences. These policies are putting money back into borrowers’ pockets. [Look at the numbers]( The impact of the Dobbs decision Last month, CAP and the National Partnership For Women & Families invited Black leaders from across the country to discuss creating a Black agenda for 2025. Hear from National Partnership For Women & Families’ President and CAP alum Jocelyn Frye on what we’re up against. [A tweet screenshot reads: It was never "just about abortion". The Dobbs decision impacts everything, from education to economic stability. @JocelynCFrye from @NPWF explains:]( [Share This]( RSVP: “Managing U.S.-China Technology Competition in an Era of Rising Tensions” [The lead engineer of Google Quantum AI gives the media a tour of the quantum computing lab in Goleta, California]( Photo credit: Getty Images You’re invited to [join CAP]( on Monday, September 9, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET for the third installment of the China Policy Virtual Roundtable Series, keyed to analysis and recommendations from CAP’s report, “[A Progressive, Principled and Pragmatic Approach Toward China Policy]( [RSVP]( Technology competition, driven by national security and economic considerations, is now central to the U.S.-China relationship and a key reason for growing tensions between the two countries. CAP Senior Fellow [Dave Rank]( will moderate an important conversation on this topic with [Adam Conner]( CAP vice president for Technology Policy, and [Emily Kilcrease]( Center for a New American Security senior fellow and director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program. Follow us on [Follow us on Twitter]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Follow us on YouTube]( [Follow us on Instagram]( [Support CAP]( [Manage Email Preferences or Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( [Center for American Progress]( Center for American Progress 1333 H Street NW Washington, D.C. 20005 [supporter]