A new study from the University of Toronto, titled “Risk of Suicide after a Concussion,” assessed the long-term risk of suicide after concussion. Dr. Michael Fralick and his colleagues performed a longitudinal cohort analysis of adults with the diagnosis of a concussion in Ontario, Canada from April 1, 1992 to March 31, 2012, a 20 year period. Severe cases that resulted in hospitalization were excluded.
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Insurance costs are based on multiple factors, including the policy holder’s driving record, gender, their location and the type of vehicle.
A Federal Court judge has ruled that medical marijuana patients have the right to grow their own cannabis.
“The first one is where most people live, where Ontario families pay the highest auto insurance rates in the country,” explained Singh. “Then there’s the other Ontario, where the Premier’s powerful lobbyist friends reside—like the insurance industry, which continues to enjoy historic profits.”
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It’s no joke—April Fools’ (April 1, 2016) marks the day when accident benefit arbitration applications will begin to be received by the Licence Appeals Tribunal (“the LAT”) instead of by FSCO.
For an accident benefits insurer, the denial of a treatment plan used to be such a simple thing. Under O. Reg. 403/96, an insurer merely had to provide a standard form letter to deny a treatment plan and schedule a mandatory insurer’s examination. In an attempt to reduce the costs associated with insurer’s examinations, the Ontario Legislature made insurer’s examinations optional in O. Reg. 34/10 (the “SABS”). In doing this, however, it introduced new procedural hurdles that insurers must overcome in order to properly deny treatment plans.
Over the past few months, much has been written about Ontario’s Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs). But what exactly are they? How do they relate to the average person? What role do they play in health care? What’s their purpose?
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According to a recent study, fully one-third of Canadians will experience a legal problem within any given three-year period. This includes divorcing parents needing child support, small business owners trying to make a living, homeowners facing unscrupulous contractors, hard-working Canadians in conflict with their employers.
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