Thousands of Iowa Farm Bur­eau members currently receiving health insurance through the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF)/Wellmark health plan received wel­come news last week when state officials issued an administrative action allowing Iowa insurance carriers to extend the health insurance plans for current policyholders for an additional two years.

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, along with Iowa Insurance Division Commissioner Nick Gerhart, is­­sued the action allowing the...