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A controversial new treatment for alzheimer's has been approved in the us by the us food and drug administration. it's the first treatment approved for the disease after nearly two decades of failed efforts and is the first that attacks the disease process rather than just easing symptoms. aducanumab targets the underlying cause of alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia. patient groups have campaigned for its approval, but some experts have advised against its approval. our health correspondent katharine da costa is with me. this is significant, explain why. it really is a major milesto...

Senate that opportunity to additional reforms. >> finally, mr. whip, medical association, american medical association, the nurses association, aarp, stakeholders, patient groups, uniformly against what you're doing today. what do you say to them? >> a lot of groups that were for obamacare are, of course, going to be against this bill because they want obamacare. the problem is, millions of americans don't want obamacare. and look, we were elected on a mandate to do this. not like there's any secret both house and senate republicans have said we're going to repeal and replace obamacare. donald...