Cancer Services - Participant Eligibility

Participant Eligibility and Covered Services

Iowa adults who meet the eligibility requirements can receive free cancer screening services for breast, cervical, colorectal and lung cancer.

For information about Iowa HHS Cancer Programs, visit the Iowa HHS Cancer Programs webpage. For a detailed listed of covered services, visit (cancer providers?)

Breast Cancer

Eligibility

• Age: Women ages 40 to 64 years old.
• Insurance status: Uninsured or underinsured.
• Income: At or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level. 
• Others who may be eligible: Women who are symptomatic or at high-risk for breast cancer and under the age 40 years and those over 64 who do not have Medicare Part B and are at or below 250% of the FPL may also receive services.

Covered Services

• Screening: breast exams, mammograms, MRI.
• Diagnostic testing: mammogram, biopsy/lumpectomy, ultrasound, fine-needle cyst aspiration, MRI. 

Cervical Cancer

Eligibility

• Age: Women ages 21to 64 years old.
• Insurance status: Uninsured or underinsured.
• Income: At or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level.
• Others who may be eligible: Women over 64 who do not have Medicare Part B and are at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level may also receive services.

Covered Services

• Screening: Pap and HPV testing
• Diagnostic testing: colposcopy, cold knife cone, loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP), endometrial biopsy. 

Colorectal Cancer

Eligibility

• Age: People ages 45 to 75 years old.
• Insurance status: Uninsured
• Income: At or below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level. 

• Risk level: Adults who are at average risk or increased risk. 

  - Average risk means a person's chance of developing colorectal cancer is similar to that of the general population.

  - Increased risk means those with a family history of colorectal cancer or specific hereditary syndromes. These individuals should have screening more frequently and may need to start earlier than average. See the FAQs for more information.

Covered Services

• Screening: Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) kits, colonoscopies 
• Diagnostic testing: Colonoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy

Lung Cancer

Eligibility

• Age: People ages 50 to 80 years old.
• Smoking history: Must have a 20 pack-year smoking history and either currently smoke or have quit smoking within the past 15 years.
• Insurance status: Uninsured
• Income: At or below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level.

• Residency: Residents of counties that are considered rural and urban may or may not be eligible based on home address. Visit the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) website to enter your home address to check eligibility. Coordinators are also available to help.  

  Residents of Polk, Black Hawk and Scott counties are not eligible. 

Covered Services

• Screening: Low Dose CT
• Diagnostic Testing: Imaging, Bronchoscopy, Thoracentesis

Federal Poverty Table

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