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  "id": 5572618,
  "title": "Role for private insurers seen in civil service health coverage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/role-for-private-insurers-seen-in-civil-service-health-coverage",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T14:02:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bangkok Post",
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  "summary": "The Ministry of Finance may in future purchase health insurance from private insurers to cover civil servants, replacing the current system of paying medical expenses through the state budget, permanent secretary Lavaron Sangsnit said on Friday.",
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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."
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