A costly, controversial new Alzheimer’s drug is sending shockwaves through the U.S. health care system. How are doctors grappling with questions about its safety and efficacy? This is the first episode in a special conversation series featuring different people reckoning with the potentially sweeping consequences this drug could have on millions of patients’ lives and billions of dollars in health care spending.

Guest: Winston Chiong, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco

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