Medicaid lags behind on Alzheimer’s blood test coverage
I remember a patient in her early sixties who came to our clinic with subtle memory problems. She lived alone in a rural county, relied on Medicaid, and had been passed between social services and different primary care providers for more than a year. No one had ordered imaging, and there were no neurologists nearby. By the time Alzheimer’s disease was suspected, her window for early intervention had already closed.
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Medicaid lags behind on Alzheimer’s blood test coverage
