Why Public Policy
Only Congress by funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH) can allocate the money needed to support research. Science has learned 95% of what is known about Alzheimer's Disease in the past 15 years. The key to continuing this progress and realizing a future without Alzheimer's disease is ensuring that the NIH has the resources it needs to fund promising research. With ongoing research there will be prevention, risk factor identification, early detection with successful intervention and an end to progressive, degenerative dementia.
In 2007 4.5
million people have Alzheimer's Disease - Medicare Spending for
People with Alzheimer's disease: $91 billion
Alan is 65
Joanne is 60
Nick is 30
David is 3 years - laughing and running
Ana is an infant - learning to laugh
Joe is 93 - sadly his moments of forgetfulness are increasing
In 2025 it is estimated that 6.5 million people will have the disease - Medicare Spending for People with Alzheimer's disease: $294 billion
Alan will be 83
Joanne will be 78
Nick will be 47
David will be 21 and in college
Little Ana will be 19 and very bright and beautiful
In 2050 it is estimated that up to 16 million people will be suffering - Medicare Spending for People with Alzheimer's disease: $1 trillion
Bryan and Angela will be 76
Nick will be 72
David will be 46 and raising his own family
Ana will be 44 and also raising a family
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