Pfizer Exec Admits
How we can make it happen: Your letters to the editor for QN, as well as many others who have submitted opinions on this issue, have already been read over 3,000 times. Your comments and support are necessary to make a difference – here or elsewhere. This week, Pfizer quietly touts its willingness to find a cure for Alzheimer’s. According to reports in the New York Daily News, Pfizer is currently seeking a $6 billion windfall from the U.S. government through health officials under the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Just before Pfizer made its plea public, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced that his administration had authorized $10.5 million to support research into Alzheimer’s disease. The announcement makes sense—pivoting from healthcare insurance to Medicaid coverage has one obvious benefit: It puts an end to the $17.5 billion per year spent on the struggling program, which took the state about 500 million dollars last year alone. One of the proposed programs will save the state hundre...