CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Governor Kim Reynolds signed the Patients First Act earlier this month. It allows doctors to screen patients for cancer without approval from insurance companies. It comes as Iowa continues to have one of the highest cancer rates in the nation. But the law’s reach is limited. Only about one in four Iowans will benefit.
Iowans who use Medicaid, Medicare, or some kind of insurance through their employer will not see the benefits of the Patients First Bill.
The Iowa Insurance Division said the change will affect only people enrolled in fully insured individual or small-group plans, self-insured public employees, and those in the State of Iowa plan…