Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced her plan Friday to combat Alzheimer’s disease, with the goal of finding a cure by 2025.
Clinton’s plan includes a decade-long investment of $2 billion per year in search of cure, which is nearly four times the 2014 spending level of $586 million. Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon told reporters during a conference call Tuesday that the plan would be paid for largely through tax reforms proposals, which will be released early in 2016.
“We owe it to the millions of families who stay up at night worrying about their loved ones afflicted by this terrible disease and facing the hard reality of the long goodbye to make research investments that will prevent, effectively treat and make a cure possible by 2025,” Clinton said in a statement.
“The best scientific minds tell us we have a real chance to make groundbreaking progress on curing this disease and relieving the pain so many families feel every day,” Clinton said. “My plan will set us on that course.”
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 5 million Americans currently live with the disease, with that number set to increase to over 15 million in 2050.
The campaign’s announcement of the plan comes ahead of Clinton’s prepared rollout of the proposal during an event Tuesday afternoon in Fairfield, Iowa.
