RFK Jr. wants a wearable on every American — that future’s not as healthy as he thinks

I keep hearing the same sentence repeating in my head.

« My vision is that every American is wearing a wearable within four years. »

RFK Jr., our current secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said this at a congressional hearing at the end of June. Wearables, he said, are key to the MAHA – Make America Healthy Again – agenda. Kennedy positioned wearables for Americans as a means of « taking control » or « taking responsibility » over their health by monitoring how their lifestyle impacts their metrics. In the hearing, he also cited that his friends had shed pounds and « lost their diabetes diagnosis » thanks to devices like con …

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