The Daily Populous

Wednesday May 21st, 2025 evening edition

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Absolutely no one,” said one current UnitedHealth nurse practitioner who recently filed a congressional complaint about the nursing home program.

UnitedHealth said the suggestion that its employees have prevented hospital transfers “is verifiably false”.

It said its bonus payments to nursing homes help prevent unnecessary hospitalizations that are costly and dangerous to patients and that its partnerships with nursing homes improve health outcomes.

To reduce residents’ hospital visits, UnitedHealth has offered nursing homes an array of financial sweeteners that sounded more like they came from stockbrokers than medical professionals.

Over the past seven years, the company has shelled out “Premium Dividend” and “Shared Savings” payments that boosted nursing homes’ bottom lines.

It was a measure of the rate that nursing homes sent their residents to the hospital.

UnitedHealth declined to answer questions about how much it has paid out to nursing homes through the secret contract clauses. »

‘World-first’ gonorrhoea vaccine to be rolled out in England

Authored by theguardian.com
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The move, hailed as a “landmark moment for sexual health”, will aim to tackle rising levels of the sexually transmitted infection (STI).

Gonorrhoea cases in England topped 85,000 in 2023, the highest since records began in 1918, with warnings over some strains being resistant to antibiotics.

Eligible patients will be identified and contacted in the coming weeks, with the jab offered through local authority-commissioned sexual health services from 1 August. »

Trump refuses to support sanctions on Russia, seeking business deals with Putin – NYT

Authored by pravda.com.ua
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This happened just days after he claimed that only he and Putin had the authority to make a deal.

According to six officials familiar with the discussion, Trump has also backed away from earlier threats to join European sanctions against Russia.

A White House official told the NYT that new sanctions against Russia could harm business interests, whereas Trump "wants to maximise economic opportunities for Americans". »

Chinese agents followed us after Parliament visit, says Briton jailed in Shanghai

Authored by inews.co.uk
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Peter Humphrey, a former journalist and private investigator, believes a Chinese surveillance team were monitoring his group in a Westminster pub.

A British former journalist and private investigator, once jailed in China, believes a team of Chinese agents tracked him and the group he was with after a talk in Parliament.

Mr Humphrey believes a pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) surveillance team trailed them to the pub after they ate in a Chinese restaurant. »