Cut the taxpayer share of crop insurance premiums to 50 percent
What the document says“At a minimum, taxpayers should not pay more than 50 percent of the premium.”
The chapter states that taxpayers cover about 60 percent of the premium cost for policies bought in the federal crop insurance program, calls reducing that one of the most widely supported and bipartisan reforms, and says taxpayers should not pay more than the farmers who benefit.
What the document actually says“At a minimum, taxpayers should not pay more than 50 percent of the premium.”
Right now taxpayers pay most of this cost. They should pay no more than half.
Farmers buy insurance for their crops. Taxpayers pay most of the cost. The book says they should pay half at most.
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14
2025-07-04 · 139 Stat. 72
Section 10504 amends section 508(e)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, the provision that sets the taxpayer share of the premium the chapter would cap, and raises five of its figures: 64 to 69, 59 to 64, 55 to 60, 48 to 51 and 38 to 41. Section 10502 raises a further figure in the same subsection, in subparagraph (H)(i), from 65 to 80. The chapter asks that taxpayers pay no more than 50 percent of the premium, so the law moves the same numbers the other way. The figures raised attach to particular coverage levels rather than to the roughly 60 percent average share the chapter cites, and the provisions amended are not indexed on this site, so which coverage each figure governs cannot be checked here.
The chapter asked that taxpayers pay no more than half of a crop insurance premium. The 2025 law moves the same numbers the other way. It raises five shares, such as 64 to 69 and 38 to 41, and lifts one more from 65 to 80. Each figure ties to a set coverage level, not to the average share the chapter cites.