Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-02-25
BENEFITS EX-SERyICE MEN.
New and More Liberal Benefits for
Them and Their Relatives and
Beneficiaries.

1t was signed by the president, war
term insurance or United States
Government Life (converted) insur.
ance policies may be made payable to
any of the following list of benefic-
aries: parent, grandparent, STEP
parent, parent thru adoption, wife
or husband, child, grandchild, STEP
child, brother, sister, half brother
half sister, brother thru adoption,
sister thru adoption, stepbrother,
stepsister, uncle, aunt, nephew,
niece, brother-in-law, sister-in-law
a person who has stood in the rela-
ton of parent to the insured for a
period of one year or more prior to
the insured's enlistment or induct-
ion, the children of such person, par
ent, grandparent, stepparent or par
ent thru adoption of the insured S
wife or husband.
United States Government Life
l(converted) Insurance, may now be
paid at death in a lump sum or in
installments for SO months or more.
at the option of the insured.
The rate of compensation for dis
ability has been greatly increased. A
comparison between the amounts
formerly granted under the War
Risk Insurance Act and with those
provided by the new law are as fol-
lows:
Temporary Total Disability.
With neither wife or child, For
merly $40 per month. as amended
$50 per month.
With wife but no child, s45 per
month, as amended, $50 per month.
With wife and one child, formerly,
$55 per month, as amended sos per
month.
With wife and two children, form
erly s65 per month, as amended 500
per month.
With wife and three children or
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amended 500 per month.
With no wife but one child, form
erly $40 per month, as amended
500 per month.
! With no wife but two children
formerly $50 per month, as amended
sos per month.
With no wife but three children
formerly $50 per month, as amended
800 per month. M !.
| With no wife but four children
formerly $50 per month, as amended
$105 per month.
| Under the new law there is an al
lowance to the man temporarily total
ly disability. and with no wife living
Eof IS addition for each child in ex.
cess of one, without limit as to mum
Der, also an additional allowance Of
$40 per month for a dependant par,
ent.
Total and Permanent Disability.
Under the War Risk Insurance
Act the same scale for total and per.
manent disability applied as for tenn
porary total disability. A distinction
is made between the two under the
new law. Under the latter, the com.
pensation monthly for total and per.
manent disability is 500, and in adj
dition if the disabled person is in
need of nurse or attendant an adj
ditional allowance is provided, in the
discretion of the director not ex-
ceeding $40 per month. Compensat-
ion for the loss of both hands, or the
sight of both eyes, or for becoming
helpless and permanently bedridden
is 500. In addition, the new law
provides that compensation for the
loss of one foot and one hand, or
one hand and the sight of one eye.
shall be $160. The new law provides
that for double, total permanent dis
ability the rate of compensation shall
be 5000 per month. The new law pro-
vides that each OF the impairments
mentioned shall be deemed to the
total permanent disability.
Partial Disability.
The new law provides: II and
while the disability is rated as par
tial and temporary. the monthly
compensation shall be percentage
of the compensation that would be
payable for total temporary disabil-
Iity, equal to the degree of the re-
duction of earning capacity result
ing from the disability. II and while
the disability is rated as partial and
permanent, the monthly compensa-
tion shall be a percentage of the
compensation that would be payable
for total permanent disability equal
20 the degree of the reduction In
earning capacity resulting from the
disability
Call at the office OF the Home Ser
vice Section of the Red Cross for as
sistance in any of the above matters
Gard of Thanks.
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