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Our information, their files Why do Ontario residents have to pay exorbitant fees to access their own medical records?
Or wait until you need some records for a personal injury case and have to pay $120 for nine pages of notes, or $350 for six pages. How about $500 for a five-page printout of notes, or $100 for a three-page page summary of prescriptions from your pharmacist?These are just a few of the examples provided by Liberal MPP Bob Delaney at Queen’s Park in late 2013 when he demonstrated the need for a regulatory remedy.
The numbers are all over the place because there’s no law governing what custodians of medical information can charge. Many take advantage of this regulatory gap to gouge patients or customers. http://www.torontosun.com/2014/04/11/our-information-their-files
Suspect a staged car crash? Maybe it was all a fraud
Clues that you’re a target include drivers who want to call emergency vehicles, especially an ambulance, for a minor crash; passengers who complain of neck or back injuries when paramedics show up; drivers with older cars whose insurance was recently issued; “witnesses” who suddenly show up in remote areas; and tow truck drivers who respond almost immediately and offer to take your car to a specific body shop.
Lawyers want more say on changes to auto insurance
The Ontario Trial Lawyers’ Association is asking for a bigger role in the making of regulatory changes to the province’s auto insurance, and specifically is calling on Queen’s Park to repeal a regulation that defines permanent serious impairment of an important physical, mental or psychological function for the purpose of lawsuits for health care costs resulting from injuries from vehicle operation.
Ontario Improving Care for Chronic Pain Sufferers
Chronic pain is a serious condition affecting one in five Ontarians. It causes moderate to severe frequent pain, sometimes on a daily basis. It is a condition where pain persists beyond the expected healing time of a condition or problem and may require ongoing management.
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2014/04/ontario-improving-care-for-chronic-pain-sufferers.html
Slight decrease in auto insurance rates in New Brunswick in 2013 …
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick’s consumer advocate for insurance says drivers continue to benefit from competition among companies as the average …
Wild weather drags down SGI’s profit to $39.2M
Customers with safe driving records got $114.1 million in discounts through SGI’s Safe Driver Recognition and Business Recognition programs in 2013. SGI also remained dedicated to promoting road safety through traffic safety education efforts in schools and communities around the province, province-wide child restraint clinics and partnership with law enforcement on monthly traffic safety blitzes.
Video: Campbell s comments on Bill 171 auto insurance
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Video: Campbell s comments on Bill 171 auto insurance …
www.frequency.com/video/campbells-comments-on...auto/…/-/5-19358MPP Sarah Campbell weighs in on Bill 171, which tackles auto insurance fraud in Ontario. She talks about the importance of balance in the system – where …
New regulatory developments affecting service providers
As businesses and their Principal Representatives prepare to submit their service provider licence applications to the Financial Service Commission of Ontario (FSCO) starting May 1, 2014, they need to be aware of new regulatory developments, which provide important information concerning: The application start date and licence enforcement date;
http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/en/service-providers/Pages/announce-new-regulatory-developments.aspx
Canada: Ontario Government’s Bill 171 Threatens Access To Justice For Personal Injury Plaintiffs
Bill 171 is currently in its relatively early stages, and has yet to pass its second reading. Given the possibility of a spring election, it is possible that Bill 171 will not become law. Should there be a subsequent attempt to reform the adjudication of accident benefits claims, we recommend that it take into account the access to justice concerns that adversely affect accident victims.