Victims of a car accident will face more suffering if the Ontario government’s changes to cut auto insurance benefits are made.
Currently, catastrophic victims are able to access one million dollars of medical rehabilitation benefits (outside of OHIP funding) and another million dollars for attendant care needs in order to assist with lifelong limitations and necessary care needs. The proposed changes will cut this funding in half.
Also, non-catastrophic injury victims will see their coverage for med/rehab and attendant care be reduced to $65,000 from $86,000.
Insurance companies would pay out less to victims, which could greatly impact their recovery and well-being.
These changes were introduced by Ontario’s finance minister to help reduce car insurance costs, tax payers will end up paying more instead.
“The catastrophic insurance coverage is going to remain. It’s going to be at a million dollars. We want our dispute resolutions to be expedited more quickly so that those that are victims get the coverage that they deserve,” Finance Ministers told CBC News.
Source: CBC News
