And we've particularly been focused in recent years on Alzheimer's, not just because it's this terrible, awful disease. Anybody that's ever been touched by it knows that, but the expense of it. Most people have no idea that The Federal government spends $250 billion a year looking after Alzheimer's patients through Medicaid. I mean, people exhaust their resources and you know, of course the right thing to do is to provide care, and that's usually full time nursing home type care for advanced cases. (11:52–12:00)
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