Wait times in Ontario for surgeries and procedures are reported as:
How long patients waited from a surgeon or specialist, or central intake office, receiving the referral from the patient’s family doctor, to the patient’s first surgical or specialist appointment.
Ontario is considering an “urgent” 22-per-cent increase to welfare over three years and a new housing benefit to begin as early as 2019 as part of a 10-year roadmap to overhaul the province’s antiquated and rule-bound income security system, the Star has learned.
The proposals are included in a 180-page report by a provincially-appointed panel of community activists and experts being released Thursday by Community and Social Services Minister Helena Jaczek.
In September 2007, Mark Winegarden damaged his vertebrae while working as a paramedic in Simcoe County. Attending an emergency call, he had to carry a cardiac-arrest patient down the staircase of his home when he felt a ‘pop in his back.’ His life would never be the same.
“The surgery itself worked out okay but there were complications. It’s basically a mass of scar tissue at the back of my spine,” Winegarden says.
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On May 17, 2017, the Ontario government passed Bill 127, Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017. By amending section 13 of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 (“WSIA”), Bill 127 provides that workers are entitled to benefits under their insurance plan for chronic and traumatic mental stress arising out of and in the course of employment.
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A set of changes to auto accident benefits coverage is a “perfect example” of an opportunity for brokers to contact their clients and review insurance needs, the president-elect of the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario suggested at the organization’s recent annual convention.
Auto accident benefits coverage changes in Ontario are described as a perfect reason for brokers to speak with clients about their insurance requirements. The advice was offered by the president-elect of the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) at the association’s annual convention in Ottawa.
With the rise of medical cannabis as a treatment option for individuals injured in automobile accidents, many automobile insurers are faced with increasing claims to pay for these expenses. If a qualified regulated health professional is recommending treatment with medical cannabis, there are key approaches to consider to have the accident benefits insurer support funding.
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Parties who showed a willingness to co-operate with the overloaded assessment office were rewarded in two recent decisions, says Toronto civil litigation lawyer Kevin Fisher.
Fisher, a partner with Gardiner Roberts LLP, acted for his former law firm, the successful appellant in a case involving a client who failed to show up for a week-long hearing over a disputed bill that had been scheduled more than a year in advance.
On this week’s epoisode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Sang-Hun Mun and Hannah Alexander. They are members of Injured Workers Action for Justice, a group of injured workers who are pushing to change the workers’ compensation system in Ontario so that it starts to actually meet the needs of injured workers, particularly when it comes to healthcare.