Medicare’s Draft Policy For Alzheimer’s Drugs And The Question Of Cost
Executive Summary
Critics of the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposed decision to restrict Medicare coverage of Aduhelm and similar Alzheimer’s drugs have described the policy as an effort to ration treatments based on cost concerns. Even some supporters are connecting cost to the decision.
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