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The Next President Must Make Alzheimer's a Thing of the Past

Target: The Next President of the United States
Sponsored by: Alzheimer's Association

To the newly inaugurated 44th President of the United States:

As our President, you must lead the nation to make Alzheimer's a thing of the past.

Every 71 seconds, someone in America develops Alzheimer's disease. Without your leadership, Alzheimer's will rob one in eight of the 78 million baby boomers of their memories, their independence, their lives as they know them.

Alzheimer's is fatal for people who have it and devastating for their families, friends and caregivers. Alzheimer's costs billions of dollars in lost productivity and puts an increasingly catastrophic strain on our healthcare system. And it is only going to get worse.

Millions of Americans are waiting to hear: What is your plan to attack this public health threat facing our country?

We believe your plan must contain these elements:
- An immediate increase in federally-funded medical research;
- Access to affordable health coverage for people living with Alzheimer's under age 65;
- A Medicare program that better meets the special needs of people who suffer from Alzheimer's and other serious medical conditions; and
- Caregiver support services and long-term care coverage for people with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers.

Alzheimer advocates call on you to create a responsible plan to end Alzheimer's now.

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We signed “The Next President Must Make Alzheimer's a Thing of the Past”!

# 7,995:

4:47 pm PST, Nov 30, Marcia Cooperman, Oregon

# 7,994:

11:47 am PST, Nov 29, Bonnie Trieb, New York

# 7,993:

11:46 am PST, Nov 29, Russell Richman, New York

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11:44 am PST, Nov 29, Beth Richman, New York

# 7,991:

10:32 pm PST, Nov 24, Dee Rettig, Michigan

# 7,990:

6:59 pm PST, Nov 20, Erica Klaw, Illinois

# 7,989:

11:05 pm PST, Nov 14, Lawrence Warner, Virginia

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11:11 am PST, Nov 10, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

# 7,987:

6:52 pm PST, Nov 2, Elizabeth Billingsley, Arkansas

# 7,986:

12:39 pm PST, Nov 2, Jill Fox, West Virginia

# 7,985:

10:56 am PDT, Oct 30, Katherine Skinner, Montana

# 7,984:

1:25 am PDT, Oct 28, Taika Pate, Illinois

# 7,983:

3:08 pm PDT, Oct 27, Eufemia Sannino, Georgia

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2:15 pm PDT, Oct 25, Name not displayed, New York

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11:21 pm PDT, Oct 24, Kamna Tripathi, Texas

# 7,980:

3:34 pm PDT, Oct 24, Molly Robison, California

# 7,979:

11:19 pm PDT, Oct 23, Name not displayed, Kansas
Brain disease is devastating and costly in both monetary terms and emotional terms. With our aging population, it make both economic sense and health sense to do everthing we can to stop or minimize this awful illness.

# 7,978:

7:47 pm PDT, Oct 23, Kristina O'Brien, New York

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7:20 am PDT, Oct 22, Nadine Miller RN, West Virginia

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8:58 pm PDT, Oct 21, Name not displayed, New York

# 7,975:

5:08 pm PDT, Oct 21, Jackie Connolly, Michigan

# 7,974:

9:02 am PDT, Oct 21, Donna Colby, Kansas
My Dad has this..Please Help..

# 7,973:

6:59 am PDT, Oct 21, Caroline Swaya, Ohio

# 7,972:

3:02 pm PDT, Oct 20, Name not displayed, Florida

# 7,971:

11:51 am PDT, Oct 20, Sylvia Mooney, Texas

# 7,970:

8:22 pm PDT, Oct 19, Mark Jarret, United Kingdom

# 7,969:

7:10 pm PDT, Oct 18, Melissa Heeney, New Jersey

# 7,968:

8:30 am PDT, Oct 18, Vanessa Sandy, West Virginia
I do believe the next president should make this a priority because of how devastating the disease is to all involved. Although I do support federally funded research, I do not support embryonic stem cell research. There are other ways to do research such as increasing awareness and availability of the donation of cord blood from newborn babies for the sake of ending this horrible illness.

# 7,967:

3:23 pm PDT, Oct 17, Terri Harris, Iowa

# 7,966:

9:06 pm PDT, Oct 16, Kody Zahrobsky, Iowa

# 7,965:

10:13 am PDT, Oct 16, Aaminah Abdur-Rahman, Pennsylvania

# 7,964:

5:19 pm PDT, Oct 15, Ginny Siciliano, New York
As the Baby boomers age there will be an overflow of people with Alzheimer's. Both my parents had it and it is horrible to watch and be part of for any family! Something has to be done. There is no care that can fully handle this disease and no one should have to suffer with this! Proud people - helpless! This has to end!

# 7,963:

1:36 pm PDT, Oct 15, Jennifer Ransier, Maryland
With family and friends who are suffering and who have suffered with this terrible disease I am urging you to do the right thing and help to end this fast growing tragedy. It not only robs those who have the disease from thier memories and futures, but it alos strips thier dignity away. It also robs those who care about and support them- even though they don't know or remember it!- of time. Time that could be spent making and KEEPING those memories.. If you think this won't happen to you or your family.. you are soooo wrong. It can happen to anyone at any time. No matter your social status or gender or race... * Please help our loved ones. They might not remember what our government did for them, but we will!

# 7,962:

9:58 pm PDT, Oct 14, Cindy Andersen, Illinois

# 7,961:

7:31 am PDT, Oct 14, A Hovsepian, New York

# 7,960:

3:52 pm PDT, Oct 12, Charlene Root, California

# 7,959:

9:56 pm PDT, Oct 10, Jeff Dearman, Massachusetts
My Grandfather died from Alzheimer's its a horrible disease. Lets end this disease once and for all so my parents don't have to endure the same fate.

# 7,958:

6:04 pm PDT, Oct 10, Cheryl Duffy, Ohio

# 7,957:

9:24 am PDT, Oct 10, Ann Getty, Connecticut

# 7,956:

1:04 pm PDT, Oct 9, Amy Hile, California

# 7,955:

4:32 pm PDT, Oct 8, Robert Lyday, California

# 7,954:

10:46 am PDT, Oct 8, Lanier Armstrong, North Carolina

# 7,953:

7:16 am PDT, Oct 8, Mayla Siemion, Washington

# 7,952:

4:07 pm PDT, Oct 7, Levanah(Darlene) Ruthschild, Maryland

# 7,951:

11:47 am PDT, Oct 7, Barbara Zimmerman, Florida

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