{
  "id": 16168357,
  "title": "Opinion: New Medicare policies will keep important pain relief from some patients",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/opinion-new-medicare-policies-will-keep-important-pain-relief-from",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-23T08:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "STAT News",
    "slug": "stat-news",
    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/23/severe-pain-policy-medicare-coverage-macs-nerve-block/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For some people, simply putting on pants can be excruciatingly painful. New policy will put pain relief out of reach for many, doctor writes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}