[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9691-9692]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          BETTER FUNDING AND SUPPORT FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH

  (Mrs. LAWRENCE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. LAWRENCE. Madam Speaker, I stand here today to join my 
colleagues in a bipartisan call for action for better

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funding and support for Alzheimer's research. The Alzheimer's 
Association of Greater Michigan, which is headquartered in my district, 
the 14th Congressional District of Michigan, supports more than 140,000 
people and their families.
  According to the Banner Alzheimer Institute, those numbers are going 
to increase unless treatments or cures are developed. The institute 
estimates the number of people 65 and older with Alzheimer's will 
nearly triple to 13.8 million, and the U.S. healthcare costs for 
Alzheimer's will skyrocket to $1.1 trillion per year, with more than 
$700 million coming out of Medicare and Medicaid.
  It is time to treat Alzheimer's as the healthcare disaster that it 
has become. It is time to take this epidemic seriously. It is time to 
guard against the threat it poses to our families, our districts, 
healthcare system, and our Nation.

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