Minister,
I am a motor vehicle accident survivor and I suffered with a
severe brain injury. The funding and resources available to me
in the Statutory Accident Benefit Schedule (SABS) of 2008 assisted me
in my recovery. I worked for the government in the Ministry of
Social Services and Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional
Services, prior to the accident. I am well aware of the social
services programs.
I am appalled that the insurance industries are being allowed to
download THEIR responsibilities of injured MVA victims to our already
overloaded social services to save their profits.
The resources necessary to recover from a MVA, are readily
available to the survivors through the rehabilitation services
resources through the insurers. The same resources and funding
is NOT available through our social services.
With the legislation constantly being changed and benefits slashed
by your government, you are assisting the insurers to bully, delay
and deny the vulnerable persons who entered a contract to assist them
when necessary. Your government made insurance mandatory to
operate a vehicle, but your government is deleting the mandatory
responsibilities of the insurers and allowing them to breech the
contracts we, the people, are made to sign.
The endless and expensive IME (independent medical examination)
being used by the insurers to delay and deny victims is traumatizing
some of the most vulnerable population.
The monies being taken out of the medical and rehabilitative
benefits, is not being used to assist a victim to return to state of
well being. It’s being used to abuse the victims and ultimately
line the pockets of others to make money on the backs of a vulnerable
population.
I truly believe OUR tax dollars and our government’s supports
should be used to assist all Ontarians and NOT support wealthy
insurance companies to escape their responsibilities to auto accident
survivors!
Tammy Kirkwood
Vice Chair
www.fairassociation.ca
Source: http://www.fairassociation.ca/
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