Wellmark Backs Out

A decision by Iowa’s dominant health insurance company to stop selling individual policies could leave thousands of resident scrambling to get new policies. The Des Moines Register reports Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield announced Monday it would stop selling the individual policies because of instability in the insurance market. The decision means more than 21,000 Iowa residents who bought health insurance policies since Jan. 1, 2014, will need to find another provider.