{
  "id": 1451417,
  "title": "They have medical cover, so why are so many South Africans skipping cancer screening?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/they-have-medical-cover-so-why-are-so-many-south-africans-skipping",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-17T07:48:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/2026-08-17-they-have-medical-cover-so-why-are-so-many-south-africans-skipping-cancer-screening/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More than 85% of eligible medical scheme members had not undergone colorectal screening in five years, while mammogram uptake remained low.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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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."
}