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Ten Illinois insurance companies that sell plans on the exchange, at healthcare.gov, are proposing average rate increases of about 3% to nearly 16% for plans in 2023.

Amazon is launching its telehealth program, known as Amazon Care, nationwide and has signed up a handful of new companies to use its services.

To achieve those goals, Dr. Donna O’Shea, chief medical officer of population health for UnitedHealthcare, offers the following tips:Get a Digital Fitness App. In fact, 30 percent of Americans surveyed said they had used a digital fitness app as part of their fitness regimen since COVID-19 emerged. Check with your health plan to see if it includes access to subsidized subscriptions to digital fitness apps, in some cases at no additional cost. Some smartwatches even sync with digital fitness apps, offering personalized feedback to help track individual workouts and progress over time. For support, many health plans offer smoking cessation programs, which may include — at no additional cost — nicotine gum or patches, online tools and one-on-one coaching.

55% of Americans plan to make health-related New Year’s resolutions this year, while 53%  vowed to improve their financial well-being

The new Preferred Care Network, formerly Medica Healthcare, is once again making a mark in South Florida, the company said.

One of the comments that health care professionals say they hear from Medicare Advantage members is something along the lines of, “Inflation is really affecting my daily life, and I cannot afford a health care plan that is going to cost me money.”

The hospitals negotiations had begun prior to Baptists acquisition, but have continued for the last five months. Most other hospitals in the Baptist Health network accept UnitedHealthcare. Boca Regionals new CEO, Lincoln S. Mendez, had come from a Baptist owned hospital and has been aggressively trying to strike a more lucrative deal with UnitedHealthcare for the Boca Raton hospital.

CNBC's Jim Cramer says banks earnings showed that the big banks are not as levered to the trade war as most thought. Later in the show, he breaks down why UnitedHealth's stock was sitting on a coiled spring heading into earnings and chats with corporate payments processor Wex CEO Melissa Smith about HSA accounts. They can create terrific earnings from the consumer, or from health care businesses, that have nothing to do with China," the "Mad Money" host said. Capitalism is dead, needs guardrails, according to Marc BenioffMarc Benioff, CEO of SalesForce. Raising awareness of HSA accountsMelissa Smith, CEO, WEX Scott Mlyn | CNBCIf eligible, employees should take advantage of health savings accounts that their employers provide to take care of health care expenses.