American Center for Cures Seeks Bipartisan Support to Cure Major Diseases
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CHICAGO, Oct. 20, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- The American Center for Cures, a bipartisan initiative founded in 1999 by Lou Weisbach and Richard Boxer, M.D., has called on every American to make curing disease the top bipartisan issue in the upcoming midterm elections. With four major diseases, Alzheimer's, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, costing the nation more than $1.1 trillion annually, the organization is urging voters to hold Congress accountable for funding its plan.
The organization is asking voters to take three simple steps before the November 3rd midterm elections. First, record a short video or social media post explaining why curing disease matters to their family. Second, send the video to their U.S. representative, U.S. senators, and the candidates on their ballot. Finally, share the video using the hashtag #TheCuresPledge.
The American Center for Cures proposes a plan that would cost $750 billion over six years, less than what the nation now spends on these four diseases in a single year. The plan would be funded through the sale of U.S. Treasury bonds, with the government's responsibility limited to paying the interest. The first year would see an interest payment of $6 billion, rising to $12 billion in the second year and $18 billion in the third, with the interest offset by pharmaceutical licensing fees. The principal would be repaid through federal health care savings generated by prevention and cures.
Once funded, the American Center for Cures would launch 16 separate private-sector efforts. Fourteen of these would each be charged with preventing and/or curing a single disease, with a $36 billion budget. Two additional units would receive $108 billion each, one to fund all other diseases, including orphan diseases, and one to fund artificial intelligence efforts. The remaining $30 billion would be held as a reserve fund to help cross the finish line.
The organization's plan was first introduced in the U.S. Senate as the American Center for Cures Act of 2005, and the organization is calling on the next Congress to introduce new bipartisan legislation to fund and launch the American Center for Cures.