Proliferating so fast throughout the globe. And according to dr. Marie menard, who we will hear from, the number is estimated to grow to 115 million by 2050 as populations around the world age, although there is early onset as l but predominantly it is one of the byproducts of all of us ages and there seems to be a higher proclivity the woolder one gets. Once someone reaches 85, the chance of some form of dementia is one out of two. The total cost of addressing this is 818 billion. But as early as next year it is estimated that this cost will rise to at least 1 trillion. Thats per year. It will go up from there. As we all know, alzheimers is a cruel disease robbing its victims of their memories and their identities. Robbing their family and friends of the person they know and love. It is excruciatingly painful for someone who lose themselves gradually. I have spoken myself to many individuals, especially those who are early onset who have young families and are dealing with the agony t
Hours. Subcommittee will come to order. I apologize for the dee lay we have a series of votes and very one later too. I do want to get right to it. I want to thank you for being here. We open todays hearings there are 47 Million People in the world living with alzheimers. And other forms of de meng men shah. More than the entire population of spain according to a report by the alzheimers disease international. The number of victims who have alzheimers is projected to or likely to double every 20 years so we are in a race like few other diseases because it is proliferating so fast throughout the globe. And according to dr. Marie menard, who we will hear from, the number is estimated to grow to 115 million by 2050 as populations around the world age, although there is early onset as l but predominantly it is one of the byproducts of all of us ages and there seems to be a higher proclivity the older one gets. Its been estimated that once someone reaches 85, the chance of some form of deme
Hours. Subcommittee will come to order. I apologize for the dee lay we have a series of votes and very one later too. I do want to get right to it. I want to thank you for being here. We open todays hearings there are 47 Million People in the world living with alzheimers. And other forms of de meng men shah. More than the entire population of spain according to a report by the alzheimers disease international. The number of victims who have alzheimers is projected to or likely to double every 20 years so we are in a race like few other diseases because it is proliferating so fast throughout the globe. And according to dr. Marie menard, who we will hear from, the number is estimated to grow to 115 million by 2050 as populations around the world age, although there is early onset as l but predominantly it is one of the byproducts of all of us ages and there seems to be a higher proclivity the older one gets. Its been estimated that once someone reaches 85, the chance of some form of deme
But one of the biggest topics of the day today, the republican tax plan. The white house aides on a media blitz this morning to sell the proposal insist it is a middle class miracle. But critics charge it will be an equal a middle class nightmare. We are spending an awful lot of time on the low income and the middle income families. This is rich people that pay for the Republican Party wanting taxes cut. This is donald trump trying top end the estate tax so he can pass along his wealth to his children. Well, as i said before, the president is committed that this is really about a middle income tax cut. Were going to give people who are wealthy even more money and theyre somehow going to make Wise Investments that havent been there for the last ten years. To say that this is going to create Economic Growth is like a triple bank shot. Our tax plan is purely aimed at middle clags families. A typical family of four earning 35,000 today is going to have a substantial tax decrease. It seems
What he was referencing from a meritbased perspective we would like to have those with skills who can assimilate and contribute to the United States. Moving away from country quotas and meritbased system. It has turned into an s show and we need to get back to being a great country where democrats and republicans will Work Together to do something that we should have done years ago. Republicans are in control of the house and the senate and the white house. It is their decision if they want to work with us. We dont want to see the Government Shutdown but would like to see a twoyear budget deal thats clean. We havent given up on that and we hope that democrats will not hold our government hostage and will not stop military spending. Sandra peter doocy is live for us on a chilly day in washington peter are republicans trying to win over democratic support to keep the government open . No, sandra, theyre trying to do it with republicans only. The leaders are attempting to sweeten this one