Legislation Introduced to Expand Medicare Benefit for Aneurysm Screening

The Vascular Disease Foundation is a member of the National Aneurysm Alliance which is working to broaden the availability of screening tests for aneurysms. Legislation has been introduced (H.R. 1213) to make the Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently (SAAAVE) Act available to more Medicare beneficiaries.

H.R. 1213 unlinks abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening from the Welcome to Medicare Physical Exam and expands the one-time screening to 65-75 year-old Medicare beneficiaries who are at-risk for AAA. These include male-ever smokers and men and women with a family history.

Please request your member of Congress to sign onto the Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently (SAAAVE) Act as a co-sponsor by sending a letter. For a sample letter that you can send to your representative, please visit www.vdf.org. To find your Representative, go to www.house.gov.