A common question I hear about the ASAP Act is some version of: can this actually pass? In this week’s ASAP Minute, I share the answer — and why our track record should give every advocate real confidence about our path forward. 

▶ Watch Episode 8: Thirteen for Thirteen

Since the Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM) was founded, the Alzheimer’s Association and AIM have worked with bipartisan champions in Congress on 13 top federal legislative priorities. Every single one is now law. Thirteen for thirteen — in a legislative environment where the odds of any given health bill passing are roughly one in a hundred. 

That record wasn’t built in Washington. It was built by advocates in communities across the country who showed up, told their stories and kept calling until their members of Congress listened. The same community secured a $100 million increase in Alzheimer’s research funding when cuts were on the table. In Texas, advocates locked in $3 billion in new state research funding over the next 10 years. 

None of that was inevitable. All of it took persistent voices. 

The ASAP Act is the next chapter. The path forward is the same one that’s worked before. Let’s make it number 14. Take action on the ASAP Act today.