Imagine what delivery would cost if the Federal Government delivered the program. Imagine the service that would be provided. Changes to crop insurance need to impact the subsidies that ultimately go to the farmer under the program with proportional equality. One cannot fix the funding problem in its entirety through cuts in the delivery side of the program. Nor is it reasonable to expect all of the program changes to impact farmer paid premium directly.
Crop insurance is an expensive business to deliver.
Also, re- education of the product occurs each year as the Federal Government is continually changing the rules and coverage. Prevented planting changes is a classic example this year. Selling and marketing crop insurance is not simply a matter of sending out a new billing statement. Employing these guiding principles, we have developed a funding proposal. Rather than discuss the proposal here, we would like to submit the package for the record.