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December 18, 1912
Vernon County Censor
Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
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Wisconsin plans to introduce a bill for state-administered sickness insurance for workers, integrated with workmen's compensation. Workers and employers contribute to the fund; benefits continue during unemployment but may not overlap with injury compensation.
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ILLNESS
INSURANCE
Bill to Be Considered Providing New Feature in Conjunction With Workmen's Compensation Law.
Madison.—Sickness Insurance for working men and women, to be administered by the state industrial commission of the workmen's compensation act, is one of the plans to be worked out for presentation as a bill in the next Wisconsin legislature.
The plan will provide that every workman shall contribute a small part of his wages toward the insurance fund, and that the employer shall do likewise. The state is constitutionally prohibited from assisting with funds as is the case in the English system.
In its broad features the bill will contain provision that the sickness insurance shall not lapse in case of unemployment. It is possible, in the event of the enactment of this law, that a man who is under the terms of the workmen's compensation law and has been injured in an accident will be barred from drawing both compensation and sickness insurance. The industrial commission, it is proposed, will be given broad powers of administration and will decide the amount to be paid as claims are filed.
ILLNESS
INSURANCE
Bill to Be Considered Providing New Feature in Conjunction With Workmen's Compensation Law.
Madison.—Sickness Insurance for working men and women, to be administered by the state industrial commission of the workmen's compensation act, is one of the plans to be worked out for presentation as a bill in the next Wisconsin legislature.
The plan will provide that every workman shall contribute a small part of his wages toward the insurance fund, and that the employer shall do likewise. The state is constitutionally prohibited from assisting with funds as is the case in the English system.
In its broad features the bill will contain provision that the sickness insurance shall not lapse in case of unemployment. It is possible, in the event of the enactment of this law, that a man who is under the terms of the workmen's compensation law and has been injured in an accident will be barred from drawing both compensation and sickness insurance. The industrial commission, it is proposed, will be given broad powers of administration and will decide the amount to be paid as claims are filed.
What sub-type of article is it?
Legislative Proposal
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Sickness Insurance
Workmens Compensation
Wisconsin Legislature
Industrial Commission
Worker Contributions
Where did it happen?
Madison, Wisconsin
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Location
Madison, Wisconsin
Event Date
Next Wisconsin Legislature
Story Details
Proposal for sickness insurance administered by state industrial commission, funded by worker and employer contributions, integrated with workmen's compensation, continuing benefits during unemployment but potentially barring dual claims for injuries.