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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 301 

Recognizing and supporting the goals and implementation of the National 

Alzheimer’s Project Act and the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s 

Disease. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2013 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. JOHNSON of 

South Dakota, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. WICKER, Mr. MORAN, and Mr. MARKEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing and supporting the goals and implementation 

of the National Alzheimer’s Project Act and the National 

Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease. 

Whereas more than 5,000,000 individuals in the United 

States live with Alzheimer’s disease, and, based on current projections, as many as 16,000,000 individuals in 

the United States will have Alzheimer’s disease by 2050; 

Whereas 1 in every 9 individuals in the United States over 

the age of 65 lives with Alzheimer’s disease; 

Whereas another individual in the United States develops 

Alzheimer’s disease every 68 seconds, and, by 2050, another individual in the United States will develop the disease every 33 seconds; 


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Whereas, in 2013, an estimated 450,000 people in the United 

States will die from Alzheimer’s disease, making it the 

sixth-leading cause of death in the United States; 

Whereas, between 2000 and 2010, deaths attributed to Alzheimer’s disease increased by 68 percent; 

Whereas Alzheimer’s disease is devastating physically, emotionally, and financially; 

Whereas Alzheimer’s disease creates an enormous financial 

strain on the health care system, families, and Federal 

and State budgets; 

Whereas, according to an independent study supported by the 

National Institutes of Health, Alzheimer’s disease is already the costliest disease in the United States and is expected to become even more costly in the future; 

Whereas, in 2013, the total direct cost of caring for individuals in the United States with Alzheimer’s disease is estimated to be $203,000,000,000, including 

$107,000,000,000 in costs to Medicare and 

$35,000,000,000 to Medicaid; 

Whereas, if nothing is done to change the trajectory of the 

disease, the total direct cost of caring for individuals in 

the United States with Alzheimer’s disease is expected to 

rise to $1,200,000,000,000 by 2050; 

Whereas the average cost to Medicare for beneficiaries with 

Alzheimer’s disease is 3 times higher than for those without the condition; 

Whereas a Federal commitment to fighting Alzheimer’s disease can lower costs and improve health outcomes for 

people living with the disease today and in the future; 


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Whereas, by making Alzheimer’s disease a national priority, 

we can replicate the successes that have been achieved in 

fighting other diseases; 

Whereas leadership from the Federal Government has helped 

lower the number of deaths from other major diseases 

and health problems such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, heart 

disease, and stroke; 

Whereas, in 2010, Congress unanimously passed the National 

Alzheimer’s Project Act; 

Whereas the National Alzheimer’s Project Act requires the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services to create and 

annually update a National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s 

Disease; 

Whereas the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease 

establishes goals and action steps to combat the disease 

in the areas of research, care, support, and public awareness; and 

Whereas the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease 

has resulted in some notable accomplishments, including 

the creation of a blueprint for Alzheimer’s research by 

the National Institutes of Health: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes that additional focus, research, 

3 and resources are needed to overcome Alzheimer’s 

4 disease; 

5 (2) acknowledges the impact that Alzheimer’s 

6 disease has on individuals with the disease, their 

7 caregivers and loved ones, and the United States as 

8 a whole; and 


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•SRES 301 IS 

1 (3) supports the goals and implementation of 

2 the National Alzheimer’s Project Act and the Na3 tional Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease. 

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