Farm Bureau has received many questions from members about the future of individual health care insurance following recent an­nouncements by Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and other carriers that they would not sell or renew individual or family plans after Jan. 1, 2018, that are compliant with the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

State insurance officials recently an­­nounced they are working with the federal authorities on a stopgap measure that would allow carriers to return to Iowa’s individual market. That measure is currently under re­view at the ...