Stay in the Game Connecticut

"Stay in the Game CT” is an educational campaign funded by the State of Connecticut’s Department of Public Health Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CCRCP). The purpose of the campaign is to increase awareness of colorectal cancer, promote the importance of colorectal cancer screening, and to encourage all CT residents age 50 years and older to get a colonoscopy.

If detected early, colorectal cancer is 90% curable. Get screened – do it for yourself, do it for someone you love!

Connecticut law mandates that all individual and group insurance coverage cover colorectal cancer screening for people at average or high risk for colon cancer.

For those without insurance, no-cost screenings may be available for Connecticut residents who meet the following initial eligibility criteria:

1. Men and women age 50-64 years of age
2. Income at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level
3. Have no health insurance
4. At average risk for colorectal cancer

For a list of screening or referral sites, click here or dial 2-1-1 to speak to a 2-1-1 Specialist.

To read about colorectal cancer, please go to:

• National Institute of Health: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/colorectalcancer.html
• Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/colorectal/
• American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/lrn/lrn_0.asp