Much discussion has surrounded the scope: under current rules, only one person per household may take out a policy under the program. Since a household need not only have one farm worker, this restriction is opposed by farmers.
目前農保試辦辦法的投保對象限於農會會員，而根據農會法規定，農會會員每戶以一人為限，故產生了一戶僅能有一人參加農保的限制，引起許多農民的反對。