{
  "id": 881184,
  "title": "The funds hospitals use to pay day-to-day bills have plummeted by $2.2 billion since 2020, says new report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/the-funds-hospitals-use-to-pay-day-to-day-bills-have-plummeted-by-2-2",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T14:08:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Financial Post",
    "slug": "financial-post",
    "url": "https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/the-funds-hospitals-use-to-pay-day-to-day-bills-have-plummeted-by-2-2-billion-since-2020-says-new-report-2"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Rapidly increasing costs, austerity funding policies and record 1,300 job cuts push Ontario’s hospitals beyond the brink OTTAWA — Ontario’s hospital crisis has hit a boiling point, says new report released today by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE). Citing the latest data, Pushed over the brink: the escalating assault on Ontario’s hospitals highlights […]",
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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."
}