Mike Becker, Alexandria, Va., column: Don’t turn the clock back on crop insurance
May 5, 2012 at 7:05 pm in Grand Forks Herald
If one group has its way, they would take the crop-insurance program back decades to a time of inefficiencies, overspending and near failure by replacing, in part or in whole, professional private-sector crop insurance agents with federal employees. Continue Reading
I would imagine that a group representing insurance agents would hate to see any changes to a program where the federal government pays about 60% of the premiums and still allows the selling agents to collect a fat commission check just for writing it up.
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Actually 75% of the operating costs and 60% of the premiums.
Why can’t us humans get the same deal for health insurance?
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