CSPAN Alzheimers Disease Research March 30, 2015
Senator collins this hearing will come to order. Good afternoon it is my pleasure to convene this afternoons hearing to assess our nations progress in combating alzheimers since the enactment of the national alzheimers project act which i coauthored with then senator evan bayh in 2011. I dont need to tell the people in this room what a devastating disease alzheimers is. It exacts a tremendous personal and economic toll on the individual, the family and our society. In addition to the human suffering it causes, alzheimers costs the United States more than 226 billion a year including 153 billio...