{
  "id": 15885401,
  "title": "Health Insurance: Appointment Scheduling Must Be Based on Medical Necessity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/krankenkassen-terminvergabe-muss-sich-nach-medizinischer",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-21T11:33:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/versicherung-krankenkassen-fordern-terminvergabe-nach-notwendigkeit/100263911.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Private insured individuals usually get appointments with specialists faster than those with statutory insurance. Not just health insurance companies want to change the current procedure.",
  "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."
}