{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/icymi-bipartisan-bill-pushes-%E2%80%98next-step%E2%80%99-solving-alzheimer%E2%80%99s", "ICYMI: \"Bipartisan bill pushes for the next step in solving Alzheimers\"", "2017-11-06", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "ME", "Susan Collins", "C001035", "www.collins.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "ICYMI:\n\"Bipartisan bill pushes for the \u2018next step\u2019 in solving Alzheimer\u2019s\"\nClick HERE to read the article.\n\u00a0\n\u201cA bipartisan group of four senators on Monday introduced a bill they say would better align Alzheimer\u2019s treatment and prevention strategies with public health approaches for other chronic health conditions, allowing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to \u2018create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer\u2019s and related dementias.\u2019\n\u201cThe legislation, authored by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), focuses on improving early detection mechanisms, local health program coordination, and data-gathering operations.\n\u00a0\n\u201cThe Alzheimer\u2019s Association, an advocacy group backing the legislation, estimates that nearly one-half of Americans with Alzheimer\u2019s currently go undiagnosed, and that the disease\u2019s prevalence among multiple minority groups is at least 50 percent higher than in white Americans.\n\u00a0\n\u201cCollins, in introducing the bill, referred to Alzheimer\u2019s disease as one of the country\u2019s most under-recognized health conditions.\n\u00a0\n\u201c'Five and a half million Americans are living with the disease, and that number is soaring as our overall population grows older and lives longer,\u2019 she said in a statement. \u2018After decades of expanding biomedical research in Alzheimer\u2019s, we are ready for the next step: to translate research into practice.\u2019\n\u00a0\n\u201cReps. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) introduced an equivalent version of the legislation in the House. Like the Senate version, it would authorize roughly $37 million in funding for the CDC to implement goals that also take aim at shrinking health disparities and reducing burdens for caregivers.\n\u00a0\n\u201cAn analysis from the Alzheimer\u2019s Association also estimated that one-quarter of hospitalizations related to the disease are preventable, which could save Medicare $2.6 billion annually. Legislators cited the country\u2019s annual Alzheimer\u2019s related expenditures of $259 billion, of which $175 billion is spent by Medicare and Medicaid.\n\u00a0\n\u201cThe bill\u2019s authors also cited estimates showing that the number of Americans living with Alzheimer\u2019s could jump from 5.5 million currently to 16 million by 2050.\n\u00a0\n\u201c\u2019We must work to promote Alzheimer\u2019s prevention, enhance access to treatment, improve patients\u2019 quality of life, and find ways to end Alzheimer\u2019s before it claims more lives,\u2019 Cortez Masto said.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/icymi-bipartisan-bill-pushes-%E2%80%98next-step%E2%80%99-solving-alzheimer%E2%80%99s"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6739809177815914, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}