The Alzheimer's blood test
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Wow.
A new blood test may be more than 80% accurate at identifying people at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease, a study presented Thursday during the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease conference in Boston found.
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https://precivityad.com/cost-billing
Six-month, interest-free financing is also available to facilitate access to the PrecivityAD
test for patients.https://www.alzheimersorganization.org/blood-test-for-alzheimers
Previous tests which analyzed levels of Amyloid and Tau were either prohibitively expensive- often costing in excess of $5,000 USD, or invasive- requiring a sample of fluid to be taken from the spine via a procedure known as a spinal tap.
This new test, PrecivityAD offered by C2N Diagnostics, costs $1,250 USD and while it is not yet covered by insurance, C2N Diagnostics plans to offer price reductions based on income.
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Ain't no test costs $1200. Not anything approaching general use...I'd love to see the mark-up.
I know it's a far cry in terms of sophistication, but I used to turn out glucose tests - that's on the chart, turned out - for 13 cents.
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Ain't no test costs $1200. Not anything approaching general use...I'd love to see the mark-up.
I know it's a far cry in terms of sophistication, but I used to turn out glucose tests - that's on the chart, turned out - for 13 cents.
@jolly said in The Alzheimer's blood test:
Ain't no test costs $1200.
US announces big hike in Medicare premiums
The federal government announced a large hike in Medicare premiums Friday night, blaming the pandemic but also what it called uncertainty over how much it may have to be forced to pay for a pricey and controversial new Alzheimer's drug.
The 14.5% increase in Part B premiums will take monthly payments for those in the lowest income bracket from $148.50 a month this year to $170.10 in 2022. Medicare Part B covers physician services, outpatient hospital services, certain home health services, medical equipment, and certain other medical and health services not covered by Medicare Part A, including medications given in doctors' offices.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services played down the spike, pointing out that most beneficiaries also collect Social Security benefits and will see a cost-of-living adjustment of 5.9% in their 2022 monthly payments, the agency said in a statement. That's the largest bump in 30 years.
"This significant COLA increase will more than cover the increase in the Medicare Part B monthly premium," CMS said. "Most people with Medicare will see a significant net increase in Social Security benefits. For example, a retired worker who currently receives $1,565 per month from Social Security can expect to receive a net increase of $70.40 more per month after the Medicare Part B premium is deducted."
The increase, however, is far more than the Medicare trustees estimated in their annual report, which was released in late August. They predicted the monthly premium for 2022 would be $158.50.
I'll pay an extra $259.20 per year.
At that rate, my test will be covered in about 5 years.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/12/health/medicare-premium-hike/index.html
And since I won't start collecting social security until age 70, that won't cover it. Maybe I should redo that SS calculation.
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That sounds great for many reasons, but would I really want to know very early that I have a disease that nobody can do anything about that early?
@klaus said in The Alzheimer's blood test:
would I really want to know very early that I have a disease that nobody can do anything about
Exactly.
Woodie Guthrie died of Huntington's Chorea. A horrible disease and a horrible death. Makes ALS look like a ballet.
It is an autosomal dominant mutation, meaning that your kid has a 50% chance of getting it.
I believe Arlo said that if he could know, he would decline.
