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  "id": 12925145,
  "title": "This Ontario man won a court case for Stage 4 cancer treatment in the U.S. Then the province changed the rules",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/this-ontario-man-won-a-court-case-for-stage-4-cancer-treatment-in-the",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-08T16:29:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC Canada",
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    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-cancer-patient-ohip-treatment-denials-9.7374169"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Alex Shved took the province to court after OHIP rejected his oncologist's request to receive urgent treatment in the U.S. Despite the court win, he says the province has effectively blocked access to pubic funding for out-of-country drug treatments.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Ontario narrows out-of-country drug funding rules after cancer patient court victory",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ontario-narrows-out-of-country-drug-funding-rules-after-cancer-12889159",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:45:23.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Ontario narrows out-of-country drug funding rules after cancer patient court victory",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ontario-narrows-out-of-country-drug-funding-rules-after-cancer",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:51:39.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "This Ontario man won a court case for Stage 4 cancer treatment in the U.S. Then the province changed the rules",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/this-ontario-man-won-a-court-case-for-stage-4-cancer-treatment-in-the-12926670",
        "published": "2026-10-08T16:29:37.000Z"
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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."
}