Personal Finance
Sunday, 6/28, 12:44 AM
The Disease That Costs More Than Cancer and Heart Disease Combined
- Dementia, led by Alzheimer's, carries a price tag that dwarfs nearly every other illness in America — an estimated $384 billion in direct care this year, and far more once unpaid family caregiving is counted.
- For the families who face it, the financial reckoning is the part no one warns you about.