{
  "id": 598585,
  "title": "35% drop since 2020 in medical card scheme dentists",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/35-drop-since-2020-in-medical-card-scheme-dentists",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-11T18:57:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2026/0811/1587499-dentists-medical-card-scheme/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New figures have shown that just 866 dentists are signed up to the medical card scheme, which is down more than 1,350 when compared with 2020, representing a 35% drop.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "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."
}