Proposed health plan for S.D. farmers would fall outside state and federal regulations The measure is being pushed by the South Dakota Farm Bureau Federation seeking to create a new health plan for its 13,500 members and other farmers and ranchers across the state. Written By: Bart Pfankuch/South Dakota News Watch | 11:02 am, Feb. 12, 2021 × Backers of Senate Bill 87 say a new type of health plan is needed because thousands of South Dakota farmers make too much money to benefit from subsidies within the Affordable Health Care Act and not enough to afford private insurance, leaving many agricultural families without insurance. (South Dakota News Watch file photo)