First Year of Sickness Insurance for Railroad Workers
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T HROUGH an amendment to the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, approved by President Truman on July 31,1946, the Railroad Retirement Board was charged with the responsibility of establishing and administering a sickness insurance program for railroad employees.’ Thus, sickness benefits now form an integral part of the railroad retirement and unemployment insurance systems. The programs for protecting railroad employees against unemployment and sickness are both included in the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and are financed by the same employer contributions. They have the same qualifying condition, the same benefit formula, and require the same wage records. Both programs are administered by the same bureau of the Board and the same Aeld organization. Only two States-Rhode Island and California-had similar sickness insurance programs in operation earlier. The program under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act differs in coverage from the State programs since it is Nation-wide in scope and covers an entire industry, while the State programs cover many industries
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