## UnitedHealthcare CEO death reveals wider outrage over health care system, insurance

Authored by cbsnews.com

The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is surfacing the public's deep frustration with the health insurance industry.

On "CBS Mornings" Friday, Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News medical contributor and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News said the main issue is that health care costs are too high.

After groceries, transportation and rent, health care costs are the No. 1 cost of concern to families in this country, according to KFF polling.

"We've gotten to a point where health care is so inaccessible and unaffordable, people are justified in their frustrations," Gounder said.

Under President Barack Obama, for example, there was the Affordable Care Act, which helped to expand health insurance.

In the U.S., people are faced with both rising health care costs and insurance premiums.

"What we're also seeing now is increasing use of AI by the insurance companies to deny claims, and then you have competing AIs being developed by health care systems to fight the health insurance AIs," she said. »

### Russian conscript tortured and killed for refusing to fight in Ukraine — Novaya Gazeta Europe

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A 19-year-old Russian conscript has been killed in Russia’s far eastern Primorsky region for refusing to be deployed to the country’s Kursk region, where a Ukrainian incursion is ongoing, independent news outlet IStories reported on Friday.

When Antonov’s family received his body, they discovered a bullet wound in the head and bruises all over his body.

The family claims to know the name of the commanding officer they believe shot Antonov, but declined to share it with IStories for safety reasons. »

### PETA to Protest Nosferatu for Promoting “Shameful Stereotypes” of Rats

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PETA plans to protest an upcoming screening of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu over the use of live rats in the film’s production and the suggestion that the rodents caused the bubonic plague.

PETA’s protest at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverley Hills will include a “giant rat” carrying a sign that reads, “Rats Have Rights!

Robert Eggers, who directed Nosferatu, previously revealed that 5,000 live rats were used in the production of the film. »

### EU bankrolling Putin with growing Russian fuel buys from India, report warns

Authored by politico.eu

India, which replaced Saudi Arabia as Europe’s top fuel supplier for 2024, has also begun accepting Russian cargoes via EU-sanctioned ships, the report warns — a development that’s now sparking anger from inside the bloc.

“The additional revenues have been able to sustain the enormous costs of the war effort in Ukraine,” he added.

Brussels is well aware of the so-called refining sanctions loophole, which allows the EU to legally buy Russian-origin fuels as long as these are processed in other countries. »

### Malaria in Nigeria: New vaccine rolls out in world's worst-affected country

Authored by bbc.com

Malaria vaccine rolled out in world's worst-affected country.

Researchers say it is 75% effective but health experts recommend using it alongside other malaria prevention tools, such as mosquito nets and insecticides.

Nigeria, which has more malaria deaths than any other country in the world, has begun rolling out a vaccine against the disease for the first time. »

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