Alzheimer’s Awareness: Barriers to Diagnosis, Treatment and Care Coordination
Finance, Health Care, Alzheimer’s Awareness: Barriers to Diagnosis, Treatment and Care Coordination, November 20, 2019
Alzheimer’s is a very sexy topic. It demands dollars for research and drug development. There is a better way to approach the topic. In her book, Dementia Reimagined, Dr. Tia Powell shows that curing Alzheimer’s should not be our goal, as current and future treatments are unlikely to produce significant rewards for patients. Managing dementia, which is low tech but not inexpensive, is a better and more necessary course. We are already spending money to do it and there is value in doing it better. She should be scheduled as a future witness.
Her book is available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/073521090X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_jcAZDbVW4198M
She gave a talk on C-SPAN book TV that can be viewed at https://www.c-span.org/video/?460544-1/dementia-reimagined
As I stated in the recent full committee hearing on Drug Misuse, employers who hire their own doctors and pharmacists, whether as part of a cooperative purchase program or as an offset to a single-payer program (whether it is Single Payer Catastrophic or Medicare for All) will provide better treatment for dementia patients at lower cost. Including franchise and 1099 employees in the employee pool would also be advantageous to employees, companies, and society. Please see Attachment One for more on Employee Ownership.
Attachment One
A. Employee-Ownership, March 7, 2019
Alzheimer’s is a very sexy topic. It demands dollars for research and drug development. There is a better way to approach the topic. In her book, Dementia Reimagined, Dr. Tia Powell shows that curing Alzheimer’s should not be our goal, as current and future treatments are unlikely to produce significant rewards for patients. Managing dementia, which is low tech but not inexpensive, is a better and more necessary course. We are already spending money to do it and there is value in doing it better. She should be scheduled as a future witness.
Her book is available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/073521090X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_jcAZDbVW4198M
She gave a talk on C-SPAN book TV that can be viewed at https://www.c-span.org/video/?460544-1/dementia-reimagined
As I stated in the recent full committee hearing on Drug Misuse, employers who hire their own doctors and pharmacists, whether as part of a cooperative purchase program or as an offset to a single-payer program (whether it is Single Payer Catastrophic or Medicare for All) will provide better treatment for dementia patients at lower cost. Including franchise and 1099 employees in the employee pool would also be advantageous to employees, companies, and society. Please see Attachment One for more on Employee Ownership.
Attachment One
A. Employee-Ownership, March 7, 2019
B. Hearing on the 2016 Social Security Trustees Report
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