{
  "id": 13003325,
  "title": "Ontario man wins OHIP battle for US cancer therapy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ontario-man-wins-ohip-battle-for-us-cancer-therapy",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-08T21:07:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/ontario-man-with-stage-4-cancer-won-court-battle-after-ohip-denied-us-treatment-then-province-changed-the-rules-doctors-sought-funding-for-us600000-til-therapy-in-florida/articleshow/134800463.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ontario man Alex Shved, who has Stage 4 melanoma, challenged OHIP after it denied funding for TIL therapy in Florida costing about US$600,000. A court ordered the province to reconsider his request. OHIP later rejected it again, while Ontario changed regulations governing out-of-country drug funding, limiting when patients can receive public coverage abroad.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}