#263 "Hashtags, Gay Marriage and Obamacare"

This week, it’s just the three of them: Chris Bevolo, Chris Boyer and Adam Meyer and they almost immediately dive into a heavy and opinionated discussion of the two current Supreme court decisions related to Obamacare and Gay Marriage. In between those controversial and heated discussions, they dissect Google’s experimental wrist band for medical information. Guaranteed to be go down in the annals as a must-listen episode, this show is full of heated rants about overused hashtags and the complexity of Apple products.

With subsidies protected, hospital leaders see brighter future

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150625/NEWS/150629921?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20150625-NEWS-150629921&utm_campaign=financedaily

Hospital leaders expressed relief and delight Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court solidified the future of subsidized insurance for low- and middle-income Americans in all 50 states under the Affordable Care Act.

The 6-3 ruling in King v. Burwell means that insurance will remain affordable for 6.4 million Americans in 34 states and that hospitals will have a payment source for many previously uninsured patients, though Republicans continue to call for repealing the ACA.

“We're just celebrating here today,” said Dr. Richard Gilfillan, CEO of Trinity Health in Livonia, Mich. “In our board meeting, there was just a yahoo, spontaneous shout and glee and then applause.”

In a Few Years, the Doctor May Prescribe You a Google Wristband to Call Him in the Morning

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-howard/google-health-wristband_b_7674122.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

Google revealed to Bloomberg News Tuesday that its X division is developing an experimental wrist band with sensors that "can measure pulse, heart rhythm and skin temperature, and also environmental information like light exposure and noise levels."

Andy Conrad, the head of the life sciences team at Google, told Bloomberg that the band is intended to be used as a medical device by patients and in clinical trials. If it moves beyond this experimental phase, what ever they eventually call this health band will be a major step beyond the current selection of Android devices into something new.

Is Facebook Tracking Data on Users Who Use the Rainbow Profile Image Filter?

http://www.socialmediatoday.com/social-networks/adhutchinson/2015-06-30/facebook-tracking-data-users-who-use-rainbow-profile-image

Have we become so skeptical? Last Friday, the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples would have the right to marry in all US states, an historic event and a major win for gay rights activists. To help users celebrate the announcement, Facebook unveiled a new option, enabling users to overlay their profile images with the rainbow flag, a symbol for the Pride movement. The option has been taken up by millions of users – as you would no doubt be aware, log onto Facebook or Facebook Messenger and your feeds will be awash with multi-colored images beaming back at you.

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