{
  "id": 12420283,
  "title": "Health NZ chases $70m in unpaid health bills from tourists and migrants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/health-nz-chases-70m-in-unpaid-health-bills-from-tourists-and-migrants",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-06T16:27:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RNZ Business",
    "slug": "rnz-business",
    "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/1773344/health-nz-chases-70m-in-unpaid-health-bills-from-tourists-and-migrants"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In one case a man had a $174,000 debt to Health NZ which he incurred after not disclosing his pre-existing renal diagnosis to Immigration New Zealand (INZ),",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}