{"id":15949,"date":"2021-08-17T21:08:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T01:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=15949"},"modified":"2021-08-17T21:08:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T01:08:35","slug":"facing-the-future-alzheimers-drug-has-big-costs-and-many-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=15949","title":{"rendered":"Facing The Future: Alzheimer&#8217;s Drug Has Big Costs and Many Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Facing the Future, we turn to health care and the brewing controversy over Aduhelm, a new drug for treating Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease that was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Is it effective, will it be covered by Medicare and how much will it cost?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll ask Josh Gordon, Director of Health Policy at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Then we&#8217;ll look at where things stand in Washington as the two parties move from a bipartisan infrastructure bill to a one-party budget resolution. Concord Coalition Policy Director Tori Gorman and Steve Robinson join the conversation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1107890770&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"WKXL - NH Talk Radio\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wkxl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WKXL &#8211; NH Talk Radio<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Facing The Future: Alzheimer's Drug Has Big Costs and Many Questions\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wkxl\/facing-the-future-alzheimers-drug-has-big-costs-and-many-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facing The Future: Alzheimer&#8217;s Drug Has Big Costs and Many Questions<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Facing the Future, we turn to health care and the brewing controversy over Aduhelm, a new drug for treating Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease that was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration. 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