Ontario can learn from other countries how to better serve patients diagnosed with rare or life-threatening diseases who seek experimental treatments or drugs not covered by OHIP, says an MPP hoping for approval for an advisory committee to find ways to improve the system.
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Ottawa’s gloves come off over health-care funding
It’s been a while since Canadians have heard their Prime Minister berate the provinces for how they spend the health-care money Ottawa sends their way. But Justin Trudeau this week finally revealed more about his vision of Canadian federalism in one sentence about cash transfers to the provinces for health care than he has in a year of travelling the country as the second coming.
Ontario auto insurance rates rising despite Liberal promise
TORONTO – Auto insurance rates are rising in Ontario, moving the Liberal government even further away from a self-imposed target of an average 15% reduction.
http://www.torontosun.com/2016
When do the changes to SABS take effect? It depends who you ask.
The changes to the Ontario Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule introduced on June 1st, 2016, were complicated enough. Now, to make matters worse, there are mixed messages coming from the industry as to when policyholders are affected by these changes. For insurance intermediaries who are already struggling to keep their customers properly advised as policies come up for renewal, the question at hand is whether those discussions with clients should have been completed before June 1st.
http://www.insblogs.com/legisl
FSCO Approves Auto Insurance Price Hike in Ontario
The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) has released its third quarter auto insurance rate approvals and the recommendations may be surprising. The decision is a blow to the provinces quest to lower premium rates and will mean increased insurance costs for consumers.
https://www.shopinsurancecanad
Kanetix.ca Releases its 2016 Top 10 List for Most Expensive Cities for Car Insurance in Ontario
TORONTO, Oct. 18, 2016 /CNW/ – Kanetix.ca has found that Brampton is the most expensive city to insure a car in Ontario, while the town of Hawkesbury – located southeast of Ottawa – is the cheapest. The findings, coming from the annual Kanetix.ca list of the 10 most expensive cities for car insurance in Ontario, show an estimated difference of $1,436 annually between the priciest and least expensive premiums. The data can be found on InsuraMap – a Kanetix.ca interactive tool which allows motorists to compare estimated auto insurance premiums across the country.
Early LAT Decisions Suggest Reforms May Be Working
Effective April 1, 2016, the Licence Appeal Tribunal began accepting applications to the new Automobile Accident Benefits Service (AABS) system with an aim to quickly resolve disagreements between individuals and insurance companies about statutory accident benefits. The guiding principles created for new Tribunal were originally developed by Justice Douglas Cunningham and myself in a report released in 2014.
http://williehandler.blogspot.
LexisNexis Free Personal Injury Law Webinar
Webinar Industry-leading experts from the Personal Injury Alliance and LexisNexis Canada present a comprehensive webinar covering everything personal injury lawyers and paralegals need to know regarding changes to Accident Benefits and the new practice and procedure at the LAT. The webinar will take place on Tues, Oct 25 at 12 p.m. CPD Credits: 1 Substantive Hour.
http://oatleyvigmond.com/news-
Why we should reduce the number of civil trials decided by juries
Many lawyers extoll the jury as a sacrosanct tool that ensures common sense and community values are represented and applied in our legal system. The problem is that many people’s values and common sense are, knowingly or not, touched by racism, sexism, unfair beliefs and other irrational forces.
https://nowtoronto.com/news/wh
Dear Doctors, Here’s Why It’s Unhelpful When You Call My Pain ‘Discomfort’
You know how doctors always use the word “discomfort” to describe our pain? Instead of recognizing that we are in agony, instead of calling our pain what it is… pain… they often downplay the language they use to describe the severity of what we are feeling.
https://themighty.com/2016/10/