Affordable Care Act

The New Year brings less of a tax burden for farmers and ranchers when it comes to health insurance, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.   In spending bills passed by Congress before the holiday break, lawmakers included a permanent repeal of the Health Insurance Tax, which was enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act. AFB...

The National Farmers Union released a statement Friday announcing “relief” by the failed Senate vote on a so-called skinny repeal of parts of the Affordable Care Act.  NFU says the bill would have risked access to health care for 16 million people and marketplace stability.   Farmers...

In advance of  a Senate vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the National Farmers Union is urging lawmakers to vote against the failed legislation.  On Monday, NFU President Roger Johnson wrote to members of the Senate, calling on them to drop ACA “repeal and replace” efforts and instead focus on writing fixes.   “Our current...