{
  "id": 15904839,
  "title": "Ontario cancer patients speak out over disappointment with drug funding decision",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/ontario-cancer-patients-speak-out-over-disappointment-with-drug",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-21T13:20:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC Canada",
    "slug": "cbc-canada",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ohip-out-of-country-coverage-denial-cancer-treatment-9.7389736"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Some Ontarians with Stage 4 cancer, whose doctors say they are good candidates for treatments unavailable in the province, were buoyed last month when a man won a court challenge against his OHIP out-of-country denial. But their hopes were dashed when Health Minister Sylvia Jones responded to the court ruling by changing the rules.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "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."
}