Two Iowa Farm Bureau members adversely affected by the skyrocketing premiums in the state’s individual health insurance market applauded a measure signed last week by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to allow the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) and Wellmark to develop plans to provide thousands of Iowans access to a more affordable health care benefit.

“I want to thank Governor Reynolds and our legislators for supporting this measure that offers Iowans a new option for health care coverage,” Rose Danaher, an Iowa County...