Lawmakers behind bipartisan push for legislation detecting and preventing Alzheimer’s: ‘It’s too expensive not to’

[Joseph Choi]

House Reps. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) and Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), co-sponsors of the Alzheimer’s Screening and Prevention (ASAP) Act, said Thursday that proactively addressing Alzheimer’s disease is “too expensive” of an issue for Congress to ignore. Appearing on Thursday at The Hill’s “Getting a Diagnosis ASAP: Progress in Early Alzheimer’s Detection” event, sponsored by the Alliance…

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