Took all of the medical research amendments and all of the democrats and republicans and said lets put everything in one amendment, susan went along with it and she said that she had the alzheimers amendment specifically. And we had 42 or 43 that had cosponsored amendments when it came to medical research. Now we were all together and that is the way this works in the way that you build the coalition. When you look at heart disease, alzheimers has got the largest footprint out there in the costs are the highest as i understand them of all of these. But the level of Research Dollars that the federal government spends is really a pathetic third or less of what you see going into similar rates. Im interested structurally what you think is happening in this field that has made it difficult to step those numbers up. Thats a good question. I am asked about it as long as i have been in the house and the than it how do you pick your research projects. And it is a deadly disease, it affects chi
What importable care act and the social contract, as you feel it between the government and Civil Society and those People Living with those disease, you have talked about research which may not help many of those within it. And as that come in discussion. If youre friends with a sick child that didnt have Health Insurance, you will never forget it as long as he lived. I was a student a few blocks from here brandnew wife and baby and no Health Insurance and my daughter had a problem and i said that i would leave the Law School Classes and wait to see who walked through the door. And i was hoping whoever came through the door was a competent medical professional and its a basic right that we should establish in america. It shouldnt just be this. When we get into this conversation about the role of government, thats where i come from. The Affordable Care act, most important thing ive ever cast. Down by 30 , the rate of growth of Health Care Costs is still an incline but planning just eno
Special consideration of the United States and the future. Its not going to be subject to the same budget control rules as the other expenditures. Last night steve corn aky show showed an interview about how you and he were gym buddies and turned marco rubio around on immigration and used the gym as a Hunting Ground to turn people over. Who are some of your targets that you might like to was Chuck Schumer lying . I go to the senate gym daily. He said that republicans go early and democrats go late. Yes. I tend to be thats why i try to be there first at 5 30. I go there every day for no obvious reason. A way to relieve stress. The first one there is an Orthopedic Surgeon from wyoming. We talk about these issues. And theres an opportunity there. Your guard is down when youre sweating and puffing and all the rest of this stuff. To talk about some of these issues. I have solved some big problems in the gym with my colleagues. I caught them at a vulnerable moment, you know. I think approach
Disease in virtually all of the countries around the world. I was just impressed as i walked through the poster sessions at aaic how many of the posters were researchers from korea, thailand, china, japan, et cetera, who were coming here to washington to share their knowledge and their perspective on the disease. Its a global disease, for sure. Its not affecting western countries. I want to throw one more question in here which is in terms of having a National Plan and harnessing all of the different groups working on this from the Research Community to big pharma to universities, government, et cetera. Three years ago, the Obama Administration released a National Plan to address alzheimers and the goal was struck me as exceedingly ambitious. By 2025, so in ten years to be able to prevent and effectively treat alzheimers disease. Does that strike you both as realistic . Ten years . The way we look at it its an aspirational goal. We absolutely want to be there by 2025, and i think the e
Technically, the one thats before us is the version that passed the house of representatives, but i think the republican leader, senator mcconnell, knows from the beginning that has no chance whatsoever. So many republicans have taken a look at what the house passed and said, we cant vote for that. Youve got to give us something different. The problem that the Senate Republicans ran into is they couldnt come up with anything better. They tried. They wrote several different versions, and every time they would write a version of the new Affordable Care act, it got worse, worse for the American People. Heres what i mean. Under the one proposal from the republicans not the one before us, but the Senate Republicans one Million People in my home state of illinois would have lost their Health Insurance. 12. 5 Million People in illinois, one million would have lost their Health Insurance because of dramatic cutbacks in medicaid and cutbacks in the premium support thats given to a lot of workin