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Representative Onder: Support Early Alzheimer's Screening and Prevention

Urge Representative Bob Onder to Cosponsor the Alzheimer's Screening and Prevention Act (ASAP)

Did you know that a simple blood test can now detect Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear? This is a scientific milestone that could change lives.

Thankfully, Representative Bob Onder can play an important role in ensuring people in Missouri and across the country can benefit from early detection of Alzheimer’s. Under current law, Medicare cannot cover any dementia screening test for people without symptoms, which is a legal barrier only Congress can fix.

The bill does not mandate coverage — it simply clears the roadblock so Medicare can evaluate these tests and make coverage possible.

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Please join me and the Alzheimer’s Association in encouraging Representative Bob Onder to support the bipartisan Alzheimer’s Screening and Prevention (ASAP) Act. To learn more about this disease and how you can join the fight to end Alzheimer’s, visit alz.org.

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