{
  "id": 16733845,
  "title": "Patients treated abroad waiting six months for HSE refund",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/patients-treated-abroad-waiting-six-months-for-hse-refund",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-27T09:47:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1027/1596932-patients-reimbursement/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Irish patients on waiting lists here who have sought treatment in hospitals abroad, under an EU Scheme, have been left waiting six months or more in some cases to get their money back from the HSE.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}