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College of Psychologists of Ontario discipline hearing – Marlin, Richard G
FAIR Association of Victims for Accident Insurance Reform will attend at this hearing tomorrow in the interests of public safety and on behalf of FAIR members whose rehabilitation and benefits rely on the quality of Ontario’s IME examinations and reports.
10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at Atchison & Denman Court Reporting Services, 155 University Avenue, Suite 302, Toronto. If you plan to attend, please contact the College by telephone (416-961-8817) or email (cpo@cpo.on.ca)
http://www.cpo.on.ca/members-of-the-public/index.aspx?id=3238&ekmensel=10_submenu_0_link_7
https://members.cpo.on.ca/members_search/show/1012?section=discipline#ui-tabs-12
Thousands of doctors practicing despite errors, misconduct – USA TODAY
A USA TODAY investigation shows that thousands of doctors who have been banned by hospitals or other medical facilities aren’t punished by the state medical boards that license doctors. “The peer review system is rife with bias, Levitt says, noting that doctors on the committees often are inclined to protect their colleagues — or go after those who cross or compete with them.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/20/doctors-licenses-medical-boards/2655513/
Poverty impairs cognitive function
“Poverty consumes so much mental energy that those in poor circumstances have little remaining brainpower to concentrate on other areas of life, new research finds. As a result, those with few resources are more likely to make bad decisions that perpetuate their financial woes.”
http://news.ubc.ca/2013/08/29/poverty-impairs-cognitive-function/
Wake Up! Speak Up! Shake Up!
“The great increase in the percentage of unrepresented litigants is not due to a loss of public confidence in the justice system. It is due to the unavailability of legal services at reasonable cost. Litigants don’t choose to represent themselves. They have no choice, other than to do nothing about the legal problems that otherwise compel them to go to court without lawyers. ”
http://www.slaw.ca/2013/05/10/wake-up-speak-up-shake-up/comment-page-1/#comment-938760
This Is What It Feels Like to Be Quadriplegic
Truly inspirational message. Speaks to all of us as Ontario legislators move forward on the changes and reduction in Catastrophic Impairment benefits. Who but those most challenged are deserving of the rehabilitation and benefits than those most injured? We all need to look to doing the right thing over profit and politics.
Jimmy Anderson lives in Madison, Wisc., with his wife. He last wrote for Gawker in June about the car accident that left him paralyzed. He is the founder of the Victims of Impaired Driving Project.
http://gawker.com/this-is-what-it-feels-like-to-be-quadriplegic-1206659714
Risky business – Why reduce insurance benefits for Ontarians who need them most?
The catastrophic impairment category remains the last major battleground of the insurance industry.
The Insurance industry says you can blame fraud for costly of auto insurance
ProvinceWide, Sunday, September 1 Part 1
Scammers cheating on their auto insurance is driving high insurance rates in Ontario, say industry insiders. So, how easy is it to cheat? Watch the episode here: http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=994985&binId=1.1147261&playlistPageNum=1
Sunday night at 6:30 on ProvinceWide with Daiene Vernile.
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/the-insurance-industry-says-you-can-blame-fraud-for-costly-of-auto-insurance-1.1435118
College of Psychologists of Ontario -Marlin, Richard G (Richard)
Ontario’s auto accident victims are legislated to attend Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs) when they make an auto insurance claim. Unlike any other visit to a doctor, claimants have no choice in who their assessor might be, that decision is made by their insurer. Claimants can be fined up $500.00 for failing to attend an examination as of June 2013. FAIR hopes that the Colleges in Ontario such as the CPO take their responsibility to provide oversight and protect the interests of Ontarians seriously and take appropriate disciplinary action to prevent vulnerable accident victims from harm at the hands of their members who provide Ontario’s insurers with professional opinions.
A hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at Atchison & Denman Court Reporting Services, 155 University Avenue, Suite 302, Toronto
https://members.cpo.on.ca/members_search/show/1012?section=discipline#ui-tabs-12
For further information please visit our page on IMEs at http://www.fairassociation.ca/the-independent-medical-examination-imeie/
Contending with Chronic Pain
The World Health Organization has stated on recommendations set forth by the International Association for the Study of Pain that chronic pain treatment is a basic human right.1 The Canadian Pain Coalition at the September 3, 2010 International Pain Summit in Montreal stated that “access to pain management is a fundamental human right.2 And court judgments, including Martin vs. Workers Compensation Board of Nova Scotia, addressed severity of pain as a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights.3
http://www.claimscanada.ca/issues/article.aspx?aid=1002558623