This is why we need to fund university research - 5.5 million Americans have Alzheimers

Posted: Jan 10th, 2018 - 8:46 pm In Reply to: Republicans in healthcare - How the 1% works

It costs around $6,000 a month to care for an Alzheimer's patient. Alzheimer's patients live 4 to 8 years with the disease. US government paid 259 billion for Alzheimer's care in 2017. Would it pay to find a cure?

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Republicans in healthcare - How the 1% works (Views: 583, 2018-01-10, 7:21 pm)
- This is why we need to fund university research - 5.5 million Americans have Alzheimers
  - Better quetion, why has Alzheimer's been on an increase? - Statin meds inhibit the production (Views: 259, 2018-01-11, 5:49 am)
    - Well, you could die of plugged arteries before the Alzheimer's gets you. - sm (Views: 388, 2018-01-11, 7:28 am)
      - Your body needs cholesterol. So does your brain. - nm (Views: 258, 2018-01-11, 1:55 pm)
- Has nothing to do with the tax cut. It's the billions - ?? (Views: 323, 2018-01-11, 12:03 am)
  - Just weeks ago Pfizer said they plan to redistribute tax cut - to shareholders (Views: 368, 2018-01-11, 7:38 am)
    - Which sucks, yes. But that still has nothing to do with their - research spending. This (Views: 271, 2018-01-11, 5:22 pm)
- What does this have to do with Republicans or the tax bill? - nm (Views: 322, 2018-01-11, 12:23 am)
  - Nothing at all. - It's liberal propaganda. (Views: 270, 2018-01-11, 8:22 am)