Robert Egge
@robertegge
Alzheimer's Association's Chief Public Policy Officer and Alzheimer's advocate. Tweets my own and not those of the Association. (Re)tweets are not endorsements.
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http://alz.org 26-01-2010 02:02:19
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Our advocates are turning the Ways and Means Committee and Ways and Means Democrats health subcommittee hearing purple to show their support for #AccessNow to FDA-approved Alzheimer’s treatments!
Secretary Xavier Becerra Why are you refusing to cover drugs that could help treat Alzheimer’s disease? The VA is covering them. Do you think their scientists are wrong? #moretime
“Broadly restricting coverage for Alzheimer's treatments is a devastating blow to the patients and caregivers relying on new innovations." Thank you, Committee Chair Rep. Jason Smith, for standing with people living with early Alzheimer’s and their families who deserve #AccessNow.
“Thank you for the opportunity to share what access to innovation means to me: It means #MoreTime with my wife, my kids and my grandkids.” - Tony Gonzales, living with MCI at 48, testifies at the health subcommittee hearing for #AccessNow to FDA-approved Alzheimer’s drugs.
Thank you, Rep. Brad Wenstrup, for speaking up for people living with early Alzheimer’s. The choice to take an FDA-approved treatment should be between the individual, their loved ones, and their doctor. We need #AccessNow.
Exactly. Thank you Rep. Brad Wenstrup! We need #AccessNow so people living with Alzheimer’s have #MoreTime! #ENDALZ
Secretary Xavier Becerra Does this include providing full CMS coverage for FDA approved Alzheimer’s drugs? #AccessNow #MoreTime #ENDALZ
"I've demonstrated what’s meaningful & necessary in my life. What's meaningful & necessary in yours? What if this were you? The government shouldn't be having this conversation with me. This should be between myself & my physician. Period.” Well said, Tony Gonzales. #AccessNow
Proud to join Alzheimer's Association National Capital Area to demand #AccessNow to FDA-Approved Alzheimer's treatments. This is personal for me & everyone who has someone with this disease. My bill, the Access to Innovative Treatments Act, can help patients get FDA-approved treatments sooner. We need action now!