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  "id": 12697688,
  "title": "Mental illness will not qualify as ‘sole basis’ for MAID in Canada, minister says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/mental-illness-will-not-qualify-as-sole-basis-for-maid-in-canada",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T19:23:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Toronto Sun",
    "slug": "toronto-sun",
    "url": "https://torontosun.com/news/national/mental-illness-will-not-qualify-as-sole-basis-for-maid-in-canada-minister-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Feds say it will not expand MAID eligibility to people whose only underlying condition is mental illness",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "National Post",
        "title": "Bill set for this fall will bar people with a sole condition of mental illness from MAID",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/bill-set-for-this-fall-will-bar-people-with-a-sole-condition-of",
        "published": "2026-10-07T16:26:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}