A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation last month to change Medicare to cover ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), often called a “silent killer.” At a Capitol Hill press conference, Sens. Christopher Dodd (D-Connecticut) and Jim Bunning (R-Kentucky) and Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas) joined members of the National Aneurysm Alliance (Washington) and aortic aneurysm survivors to announce the SAAAVE (Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Efficiently) Act.