The annual cost of caring for Alzheimer's patients is $226 billion, yet we are spending less than three tenths of 1 percent of that amount--less than $600 million a year--on research.
Susan Collins: “The annual cost of caring for Alzheimer's patients is $226 billion, yet we are spending less than three tenths of 1…”
On the recordMarch 23, 2015
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Highlights the disparity between Alzheimer's care costs and research funding.
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