Cost-Effectiveness of Discovering Cures to Root Causes Instead of Masking Symptoms Post author By mikepsinn Post date March 7, 2021 Categories In Problems No Comments on Cost-Effectiveness of Discovering Cures to Root Causes Instead of Masking Symptoms For every $28,000 the federal government spends on care for Alzheimer’s disease patients, it only spends $100 on Alzheimer’s disease research.