Investigate Midwest (https://investigatemidwest.org/tag/insurance/)
San Diego County’s nearly $1.8 billion agriculture industry is facing significant risks as fire insurance becomes harder for farmers to get. Insurers are reluctant to offer policies in rural areas where climate change has increased the risk of destructive brush fires.
Having continued insurance for health care from job to job is one of many unique health challenges migrant farmworkers face because of the workers’ frequent movement from state to state without portable health insurance, which leads to a lack of insurance coverage, inconsistent professional medical care and confusion about health care services in the area where they are working.
The way farmers use crop insurance has fundamentally changed — and that’s been costly for taxpayers.
Thanks to a drop in market volatility and grain prices, farmers may pay up to 10 percent less this year for crop insurance.