Project 2025’s impact on the average Tennessean

NASHVILLE – Project 2025 remains a key talking point of the upcoming election cycle, but how would the plan directly affect Tennessee? Colin Seeberger, a senior advisor for Communications at American Progress, recently published a piece breaking down how the implementation of Project 2025 could negatively impact the average Tennessean. He said that Project 2025 shifts the tax burden from the wealthy on to the middle class, and that under the plan, the average Tennessean supporting a family of four could see a yearly tax increase of $2,420. Seeberger said Project 2025’s proposals on “limits or lifetime caps on [Medicaid] benefits” would put 770,800 Tennessean Medicaid enrollees in jeopardy of losing coverage because of their low-income status and lack of access to alternative, affordable coverage. He said the plan’s proposal to eliminate out-of-pocket Medicare drug cost limits, as well as blocking the government from negotiating lower drug prices, could raise the cost of prescription drugs for 459,280 Tennesseans. Regarding childcare, Seeberger said Project 2025 suggests eliminating Head Start, which provides childcare access along with other services at no cost to 17,486 children throughout Tennessee. He said Head Start’s elimination would especially impact rural areas and other underserved communities already lacking...