{
  "id": 9517016,
  "title": "Will Alberta’s dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/will-albertas-dual-practice-model-reduce-surgery-waits-or-only-for",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-24T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/dual-practice-9.7355054"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As provinces grapple with how to decrease wait times for surgeries, Alberta is introducing a system in which doctors can simultaneously work in public hospitals and do private care on the side — a model that increases public wait times, according to data from within Canada and international jurisdictions.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}