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  "id": 10463762,
  "title": "Ontario patient wait times increase as government funding favours for-profit providers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/ontario-patient-wait-times-increase-as-government-funding-favours-for",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-28T14:02:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Financial Post",
    "slug": "financial-post",
    "url": "https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/ontario-patient-wait-times-increase-as-government-funding-favours-for-profit-providers"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The province spent $4 billion over eight years as private facility funding increases faster than for hospitals TORONTO — Ontario’s funding of for-profit surgical and medical imaging (MRI) services is increasing wait time and threatening public health care, says a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). In Not adding up: Surgical […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Financial Post",
        "title": "Ontario’s hospital privatization plan ‘not adding up’ as public funding on for-profit clinics balloons while wait-times increase: new CCPA Report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/ontarios-hospital-privatization-plan-not-adding-up-as-public-funding",
        "published": "2026-09-28T10:17:44.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}