Medicare could save millions of dollars every year by changing the way they package Alzheimer's medication. Alzheimer's affects roughly 5.8 million Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It is imperative to reduce spending on services that do not improve the health of patients, and this is a prime example of such, given that Medicare is paying for a drug only t

Medicare could be throwing away as much as $336 million worth of a costly Alzheimer's drug each year because the size of vials is too big, UCLA researchers estimate. Why it matters: The findings, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine,