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Sunday, December 6, 2015
Fired Hamilton doctor sues WSIB over "fraud upon the public”
Dr. Brenda Steinnagel, 50, is alleging in her statement of claim that
she was terminated last April after the WSIB repeatedly demanded that
her employer, Vaughan-based Workplace Health and Cost Solutions, change
the medical opinion she authored on a hospital worker who was claiming
benefits after suffering head injuries while trying to restrain a
patient.....
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WSIB lawsuit: Fired hospital worker details struggles after losing his claim
An injured hospital worker who says his claim was denied by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board — despite backup from a doctor who allegedly provided a medical opinion in his favour — is going public with how he struggled to earn a living after losing his job......
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Preventable Medical Error Is Canadian Healthcare's Silent Killer
In Canada, medical errors and hospital-acquired infections claim
between 30,000
and 60,000
lives annually. Thousands more are injured. Then there is the ocean
of emotional harm that engulfs families when a loved one is lost to
the kind of hospital mishap experts say is often preventable....
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Medical marijuana seems to help chronic pain patients: Study
TORONTO -- A benchmark study has found that patients who use medical marijuana to treat chronic pain don't have more serious side-effects than sufferers who don't use the herb....
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MDs legal insurer should be made accountable
the Canadian Medical Protective Association, which has $3.2 billion in funds heavily subsidized by the province through
Ontario doctors, should be subject to regular audits by the Auditor
General and be required to make public how much it pays out to injured
patients and how much it is spending on legal costs to defend doctors..........
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http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/10/01/mds-legal-insurer-should-be-made-accountable.html
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Stress load on family caregivers in Ontario doubles in four years
TORONTO -- A new report
says the stress load on people helping to care for an elderly or sick
family member or friend has more than doubled in Ontario in the past
four years...
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OTLA: Updated study shows Ontario auto insurance is "fundamentally broken"
TORONTO, Oct. 15, 2015 /CNW/ - An updated study released today provides alarming new data on auto insurance in Ontario.
The study, conducted by York University Schulich School of Business Professors Fred Lazar and Eli Prisman, reveals that consumers likely overpaid by $1.5 billion in the last two years alone. This includes overpayments of $700 million (or about $100 for each insurance policy) in 2014 on top of the $840 million ($120 per policy) in 2013......
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The study, conducted by York University Schulich School of Business Professors Fred Lazar and Eli Prisman, reveals that consumers likely overpaid by $1.5 billion in the last two years alone. This includes overpayments of $700 million (or about $100 for each insurance policy) in 2014 on top of the $840 million ($120 per policy) in 2013......
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Ontarians pay more than double in car insurance
The price of car insurance is always a hot topic in this province. It
costs Ontarians more than double to drive here, than anywhere else in
Canada. New figures released today show rates have fallen marginally,
less than 1%… and now an independent report found the auto insurance
industry is raking in large government guaranteed profits. As Kate
Carnegie reports, the liberals admitted today they have more work to do
to lower the rates for drivers....
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OHIP subsidizes 81% of the CMPA fees
last year taxpayers paid almost $200 million to subsidize the legal
defences of doctors sued civilly or involved in regulatory claims. This
figure is projected to keep rising.
Some suggest that given this taxpayer funding there should be accountability and transparency on how the CMPA spends its money.
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http://otlablog.com/reducing-taxpayers-dollars-means-the-cmpa-taking-a-different-litigation-approach/
Some suggest that given this taxpayer funding there should be accountability and transparency on how the CMPA spends its money.
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Accident Victim or MVA Professional? Help us Rate Auto Insurance Companies
Since auto insurance is mandatory in Ontario, information
on how these companies rank should be made available. We have created
two surveys to collect this information.....
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