Politico November 11, 2025
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Despite voicing some uncertainty about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) wants to regulate one of the Health secretary’s favored components of his Make America Healthy Again agenda to combat chronic disease: wearable health devices.
What’s new: Cassidy, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, wants to safeguard health data collected by wearables and health apps, which he says are “helpful tools, but present new privacy concerns that didn’t exist when it was just a patient and a doctor in an exam room.”
Wearable devices — such as smartwatches, rings and fitness trackers — monitor health and exercise metrics including step count, sleep quality and heart rate.
The devices align with Kennedy’s belief...
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