Cong. LaHood sponsors Alzheimer’s disease health bill

Cong. Darin LaHood is sponsoring the Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act. The bill would help 95% of people with dementia that have one or more other chronic conditions, such as hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes. It would reduce healthcare complications for patients by creating a new way to fund dementia care through Medicare. LaHood says the bipartisan bill will support continued innovation for Alzheimer’s treatment by the healthcare community and work to support patients, families, and caregivers through greater coordinated care. One in ten seniors in the US struggle with Alzheimer’s disease and the number is supposed to double to 14 million Americans in the next thirty years.