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title: "38 U.S.C. § 1943"
description: "Premiums"
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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS BENEFITS"
chapter_number: "19"
chapter_name: "INSURANCE"
section: "1943"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1943"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 1943 - Premiums
## Text
The premium rates for insurance shall be the net rates based upon the American Experience Table of Mortality and interest at 3½ percent per annum. Regulations shall prescribe the time and method of payment of premiums, but payments of premiums in advance shall not be required for periods of more than one month each, and may be deducted from the pay or deposit of the insured or be otherwise made at the insureds election.
(Pub. L. 85857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1158, § 743; Pub. L. 97295, § 4(26), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1307; Pub. L. 99576, title VII, § 701(30), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3293; renumbered § 1943, Pub. L. 10283, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1991—Pub. L. 10283 renumbered section 743 of this title as this section. 1986—Pub. L. 99576 substituted “the insureds” for “his”. 1982—Pub. L. 97295 substituted “percent” for “per centum”.