Obamacare Meets Wearable Technology | MIT Technology Review

Final paragraph of a health-focused wearables market snapshot

"If industry forecasts are accurate, we should expect that by 2015 more than 500 million people will use mobile health applications. “Dashboards 24-7,” said Michael Yang of Comcast Ventures when pressed to give his prediction for digital health. He and others at the summit envision a future in which Americans are always just one click away from a real-time digital dashboard tracking the impact of their lifestyle choices on their health. Although this vision wasn’t included in the Affordable Care Act, it will shape the way the health and technology industries respond to the new legislation. “Health is not a side event, discrete and separate from everyday life,” said Tom Paul, chief consumer officer for the United Healthcare Group. “Now it can be a part of day-to-day living, everyday life.”"

Obamacare Meets Wearable Technology | MIT Technology Review