Globe investigation finds billion-dollar companies that are paid by auto insurers hire doctors to assess accident victims in a process called independent medical evaluations, and then edit and package those medical reports. In some cases, arbitrators and judges have rejected the assessment reports because the companies altered the medical professionals’ opinions in the insurer’s favour. Kathy Tomlinson reports
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Ontario’s Fair Auto Insurance Plan
Ontario is taking action to make auto insurance more affordable for the province’s almost 10 million drivers.
Since 2013, the government has introduced a number of reforms that have resulted in lower auto insurance rates. These include a mandatory discount for drivers who use winter tires, helping people resolve disputes about benefits faster and clarifying towing and storage costs after an accident. Average auto insurance rates are now 6.6 per cent lower than they were in 2013.
https://news.ontario.ca/mof/en /2017/12/ontarios-fair-auto-in surance-plan.html
Making Auto Insurance More Affordable
Ontario is taking action to make auto insurance more affordable for the province’s nearly 10 million drivers by introducing the Fair Auto Insurance Plan. The plan includes significant reforms that will address fraud in the system, put victims first by providing better access to care for those injured in auto collisions and strengthen consumer protection.
https://news.ontario.ca/mof/en /2017/12/making-auto-insurance -more-affordable.html
Flaws have emerged in new LAT
It has been just more than a year and a half since responsibility for adjudicating accident benefits disputes was transferred to the Licence Appeal Tribunal, which decides on claims and licensing regulations involving a number of provincial ministries.
http://www.lawtimesnews.com/au thor/shannon-kari/flaws-have-e merged-in-new-lat-15004/
Marijuana driving deaths: the new highway scourge?
“What we see is an increasing percentage of fatally injured drivers in Canada who tested positive for marijuana in recent years, whereas the percentage who tested positive for alcohol is decreasing,” explains Dr. Heather Woods-Fry, a research associate with the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF). “While the percent is still higher for alcohol today, if current trends continue, marijuana might become more prevalent among fatally injured drivers.”
How trauma affects the brain: Doctors’ Notes
Trauma can have a profound impact on every area of person’s life. Because studies have shown that traumatic experiences, for example, physical and sexual abuse, are so common, it is important for people to be familiar with the different ways that trauma can cause distress.
Why contact your MPP about auto insurance?
We are legislated to buy the product of private insurers. We are without a choice and virtually without consumer protection.
Licensed to bill
Doctors are taking in millions of dollars a year by putting their names to accident injury reports for the insurance industry. Some of these reports unfairly discredit injury claims, leaving victims intimidated and exhausted. But because the majority settle out of court, the practice is hidden from public scrutiny. Kathy Tomlinson investigates