With the recent news on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), we followed up with Steve Kammeyer, Farm Bureau director of health insurance services, for an update on common questions.

What are all of these problems with the new health insurance website? The ACA provided for “Mark­et­places” to be set up in each state. They are a place for consumers to shop for health insurance. Some are run by the state, but most are run either by the federal government or as a joint state/federal partnership. All of those working with the federal government use a website, www.healthcare.gov, to facilitate the...