The Alzheimer's Association's 2018 annual report[0] estimates total healthcare expenditures at $277 billion per year in 2018 alone. That's in addition to the $2

The Alzheimer's Association's 2018 annual report[0] estimates total healthcare expenditures at $277 billion per year in 2018 alone. That's in addition to the $232 billion cost of ~18.4 billion hours of care by family and unpaid caregivers which itself excludes the immediate expenditures associated with that care, the effects of decline in mental and physical health of the caregivers themselves, changes in workplace participation resulting from providing said caregiving, etc. Or the myriad of other costs, many of which are indirect. Even miniscule increases in R&D funding for Alzheimer's could lead to a truly massive ROI for society. 0. https://www.alz.org/media/HomeOffice/Facts%20and%20Figures/facts-and-figures.pdf https://www.alz.org/media/HomeOffice/Facts%20and%20Figures/f...