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David Schweikert: “Approaching almost 60% of Medicare spend will have some…”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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Congressman David Schweikert: America Is Dying And What To Do About It

Published | Video Starts at 1:23:19

But because part of that demographic curve is a major disruption in the cost of healthcare through cures. Here's one of the punchlines. One of the models we're working on looks like Approaching almost 60% of Medicare spend will have some relationship to obesity, diabetes or Alzheimer's. So we know the challenges. So Alzheimer's is really difficult. We're not making nearly as much progress as I dream we would. But diabetes we know how to take on. (1:23:19–1:23:31)

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Claims that nearly 60% of Medicare spending is related to obesity, diabetes, or Alzheimer's.

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