According to the American Academy of Actuaries, “for a risk pool to remain viable, it must be of sufficient size and comprised of a broad cross section of risks.” In other words, in order for risky folks to have access to affordable insurance, less risky people need to participate too. This is true whether you’re…
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has released its latest rendition of the farm subsidy database, and this one really is a piece of work. Though Farm Policy Facts has been monitoring (and debunking) EWG attacks on rural America since 2007, EWG continues to spin complicated webs of half-truths to garner media headlines. Five years ago…
Although extreme environmental groups and other high-powered special interests have spent millions of dollars lobbying against U.S. farm policy in the halls of Congress and in the editorial pages of major newspapers, a new poll finds that they are not getting traction with the American public. According to the Congressional Connection Poll, conducted by Princeton…